scaphoidadj.n.
/ˈskafɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈskæˌfɔɪd/ Chiefly Anatomy and Zoology.
A. adj.
Shaped like a boat. scaphoid bone = B. scaphoid fossa: the fossa of the helix of the ear. scaphoid tubercle: the short process of the malleus.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > depression or cavity > boat-shaped
scaphoid1741
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm > bones of wrist
navicular?a1425
navicular bone?a1425
wrist-bone1552
carpus1686
scaphoid bone1741
pisiform bone1753
pisiform1808
trapezoid1828
trapezium1840
unciform1840
scaphoid1846
carpal1854
lunar1854
centrale1870
radiale1870
intermedium1878
lunar bone1887
capitate1889
triquetral bone1913
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 51 The Ligaments stretching from the Heel-bone to the Scaphoid Bone.
1858 H. Gray Anat. 35 A small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa.
1876 Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 72 The hollow which should exist between the internal malleolus and the scaphoid tubercle was entirely obliterated.
1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 118 Where the lateral feathers slant upward from the lowermost central pair, like the sides of a boat from its keel, this is the scaphoid..or carinate..tail.
1901 W. Osler Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 4) i. 26 Peritonitis may occur..with an abdomen flat or even scaphoid.
B. n.
[Short for scaphoid bone; in modern Latin scaphoides.] The first proximal carpal bone in Mammalia, or the corresponding bone in the foot. See navicular adj. 1.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm > bones of wrist
navicular?a1425
navicular bone?a1425
wrist-bone1552
carpus1686
scaphoid bone1741
pisiform bone1753
pisiform1808
trapezoid1828
trapezium1840
unciform1840
scaphoid1846
carpal1854
lunar1854
centrale1870
radiale1870
intermedium1878
lunar bone1887
capitate1889
triquetral bone1913
1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 249 One inch in front of the malleolus you feel the projection of the scaphoid; the joint is one inch beyond it.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iv. 151 A concavity on the radial side to receive a prominence of the scaphoid.
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