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scaphoid

adjective

  1. navicular, boat-shaped
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Latin scaphoides, from Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skăphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “boat, trough, bowl”).

  1. Shaped like a boat.

noun

Etymology: From Latin scaphoides, from Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skăphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “boat, trough, bowl”).

  1. Carpal navicular bone.