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[syn: hamate, hamate bone, unciform bone, os hamatum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unciform \Un"ci*form\ ([u^]n"s[i^]*f[^o]rm), a. [L. uncus a hook
+ -form.]
Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked form;
hooklike.
[1913 Webster]
Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of
the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unciform bone
n 1: the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers [syn:
hamate, hamate bone, unciform bone, os hamatum]