hamulusn.
/ˈhamjuːləs/ a. Anatomy, Zoology, and Botany. A small hook or hook-like process, as in certain bones, in feathers, etc.; in Botany a hooked bristle.
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1855 L. Holden Human Osteol. The external or orbital surface has a vertical ridge upon it which terminates below in a small lancet-like process or tongue, termed hamulus.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Hamulus..The hook-like portion of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone. Also, a term for the unciform bone.
b. Obstetrics. A hook-shaped instrument for extracting the fœtus.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Hamus, or Hamulus, is an Hook... Surgeons also make Use of an Instrument thus called, to extract the Child in difficult Labours.
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