pisiform

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adjective

Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape

“a pisiform iron ore”

Similar
pisiform boneos pisiforme
OriginLatin pisum →
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Meanings

adjectivepisiform (comparative more pisiform, superlative most pisiform)

comparative more pisiform · superlative most pisiform

  1. Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape

    a pisiform iron ore

nounpisiform (plural pisiforms)

plural pisiforms

  1. A small bone in the wrist at the junction of the ulna and the carpus

    Synonyms: pisiform bone

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small bone in the wrist at the junction of the ulna and the carpus

Similar
pisiform bone

More synonyms by meaning

nouna small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral

Similar
pisiform boneos pisiforme
Broader
carpal bonecarpalwrist bone
Also see
pisiform bone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpisum“pea”
  2. Englishpisiform

Latin pisum (“pea”) + -iform

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APA

pisiform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisiform

MLA

“pisiform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisiform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pisiform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisiform.

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