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pisiform, a. (n.)|ˈpaɪsɪfɔːm, ˈpɪzɪ-|
[ad. mod.L. pisiformis pea-shaped, f. pisum pea: see -form. So mod.F. pisiforme.]
Pea-shaped; of small globular form.
pisiform bone (Anat.), a small pea-shaped bone of the upper row of the carpus. pisiform iron-ore, iron-ore occurring in small concretions like peas.
1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 189 A wound..upon his wrist, just above the pisiform bone. 1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 178 Pisiform, or granular iron ore. 1852Dana Crust. i. 203 Carapax..baccato-tuberculous, the tubercles large pisiform. 1875Sir W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 828/1 The pisiform or pea-shaped bone..articulates with the front of the cuneiform.
B. n. Short for pisiform bone: see above. (Also in L. form pisiforme.)
1808Barclay Muscular Motions 404 A small degree of motion between the pisiforme and the cuneiforme. 1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 482 The pisiform is a special bone. |