scaphoid

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin scaphoides, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skaphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skáphē, “boat, trough, bowl”).

Adjective

scaphoid (comparative more scaphoid, superlative most scaphoid)

1. Shaped like a boat, navicular.

Translations

boat-shaped

• Catalan: escafoide
• Dutch: bootvormig
• Finnish: veneen muotoinen
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• Greek: σκαφοειδής (el) (skafoeidís)

  Ancient: σκαφοειδής (skaphoeidḗs)

Noun

scaphoid (plural scaphoids)

BONES OF CARPUS (from radial/lateral):
Proximal: A=Scaphoid, B=Lunate, C=Triquetral, D=Pisiform
Distal: E=Trapezium, F=Trapezoid, G=Capitate, H=Hamate
With 1=Radius, 2=Ulna, 3=Metacarpals

1. (anatomy) Carpal navicular bone.

Synonyms

• scaphoid bone
• os scaphoideum

Translations

scaphoid bone — see scaphoid bone

See also

• bone