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noun
Any of the eight bones of the carpus or wrist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: carpal, wrist bone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bone, os
Narrower terms: scaphoid bone, os scaphoideum, navicular, lunate bone, semilunar bone, os lunatum, triquetral, triquetral bone, os triquetrum, cuneiform bone, pyramidal bone, pisiform, pisiform bone, os pisiforme, trapezium, trapezium bone, os trapezium, trapezoid, trapezoid bone, os trapezoideum, capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum, hamate, hamate bone, unciform bone, os hamatum
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