Planiform
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a plane surface.
"The articulations of the second row of the carpus, which constitutes what may be named the pro-carpus, are likewise of the planiform kind, and are completed by palmar, dorsal and interosseous ligaments, that between the os magnum and unciform being very strong."
Example
More examples"The articulations of the second row of the carpus, which constitutes what may be named the pro-carpus, are likewise of the planiform kind, and are completed by palmar, dorsal and interosseous ligaments, that between the os magnum and unciform being very strong."
Etymology
From plane + -iform.
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