Meanings
nounhamate bone (plural hamate bones)
plural hamate bones
- One of the eight bones of the wrist (carpals).
Synonyms: hamatum, os hamatum, unciform, unciform bone, uncinatum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of the eight bones of the wrist (carpals).
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nounthe wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
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Origin
- Latinhāmātus“hooked, crooked”
- Englishhamate bone
From Latin hāmātus (“hooked, crooked”).
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Basque kako-hezur
- kako-hezurone of the wrist bones
Catalan ganxut
- ganxutone of the wrist bones
Dutch haakvormig been
- haakvormig beenone of the wrist bones
Finnish hakaluu
- hakaluuone of the wrist bones
German Hakenbein
- Hakenbeinone of the wrist bones
Hungarian horgascsont
- horgascsontone of the wrist bones
Italian osso uncinato, uncinato
- osso uncinatoone of the wrist bones
- uncinatoone of the wrist bones
Portuguese hamato, uncinado
- hamatoone of the wrist bones
- uncinadoone of the wrist bones
Russian крючковидная кость
- крючковидная кость (krjučkovidnaja kostʹ)one of the wrist bones
Spanish hueso ganchoso
- hueso ganchosoone of the wrist bones
Swedish hakben
- hakbenone of the wrist bones
Vietnamese xương móc
- xương mócone of the wrist bones
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Chicago
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