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[syn: pisiform, pisiform bone, os pisiforme]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pisiform \Pi"si*form\, a. [L. pisum a pea + -form: cf. F.
pisiforme.]
Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform
iron ore.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pisiform \Pi"si*form\, n. (Anat.)
A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many
mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pisiform
n 1: a small wrist bone that articulates only with the
triquetral [syn: pisiform, pisiform bone, os
pisiforme]