multangular

comparative more multangular · superlative most multangular

1. Having many angles.

   Synonyms: multiangular

plural multangulars

1. Either of two bones in the wrist

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

   1940, American Journal of Cancer, volumes 39-40, page 466

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

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

   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.

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

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

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

2. Either of two bones in the wrist:
   1. The trapezoid bone (lesser multangular).
   2. The trapezium bone (greater multangular).