scaphoid

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adjective

Shaped like a boat.

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navicularscaphoid boneos scaphoideumformed
OriginLatin scaphoides ← Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής →
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Meanings

adjectivescaphoid (comparative more scaphoid, superlative most scaphoid)

comparative more scaphoid · superlative most scaphoid

  1. Shaped like a boat.

    Synonyms: navicular

nounscaphoid (plural scaphoids)

plural scaphoids

  1. anatomyCarpal navicular bone.

    Synonyms: scaphoid bone, os scaphoideum

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveShaped like a boat.

Similar
navicular

nounCarpal navicular bone.

Similar
scaphoid boneos scaphoideum

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveshaped like a boat

Similar
navicularformed
Also see
navicularnavicular bonescaphiformscaphoid bone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσκᾰφοειδής“like a bowl, hollow”
  2. Latinscaphoides
  3. Englishscaphoid

From Latin scaphoides, from Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skăphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “boat, trough, bowl”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek σκαφοειδής
  • σκαφοειδής (skaphoeidḗs)boat-shaped
Catalan escafoide
  • escafoideboat-shaped
Dutch bootvormig
  • bootvormigboat-shaped
Finnish veneen muotoinen
  • veneen muotoinenboat-shaped
Greek σκαφοειδής
  • σκαφοειδής (skafoeidís)boat-shaped
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Chicago

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