multangular

English

Etymology

From mult(i)- +‎ -angular. Compare earlier multangle, French multangulaire, and Medieval Latin multangulāris.

Adjective

multangular (comparative more multangular, superlative most multangular)

1. Having many angles.

   Synonym: multiangular

Noun

multangular (plural multangulars)

1. Either of two bones in the wrist:
   • 1940, American Journal of Cancer, volumes 39-40, page 466:

     The roentgenograms showed local loss of density of the navicular, the multangulars, and the cuboid.

   • 1944, Quarterly Bulletin of Northwestern University Medical School, volumes 18-19, page 45:

     The distal fragment in contact with the multangulars now has a porosity not seen in the preceding figures.

   • 1945, RSNA Index to Imaging Literature, volume 44, page 521:

     Very strong ligaments secure the distal half of the scaphoid to the multangulars and capitate. Similarly the proximal half has a strong attachment to the lunate.

   • 2012, Anne C. Brower, Donald J. Flemming, Arthritis in Black and White, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 379:

     There is now narrowing of some of the carpal joint spaces, particularly that between the navicular and the multangulars.

   1. The trapezoid bone (lesser multangular).
   2. The trapezium bone (greater multangular).