C18: via New Latin from Greek skaphoeidēs, from skaphē boat
scaphoid in American English
(ˈskæfˌɔɪd)
adjective, noun
navicular
Word origin
ModL scaphoides < Gr skaphoeidēs < skaphos, boat, hollow shell (< base of skaptein, to hollow out < IE base *(s)kap-, to split, hollow out > shape) + -eides, -oid