Scaphoid

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaped like a boat.
Adjective
  1. 1
    shaped like a boat wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Carpal navicular bone.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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