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cuboid bone

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One of the seven tarsal bones, the most lateral of the bones in the distal row of the tarsus, and roughly cubical in shape.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: bone, os

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15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cuboide — one of the tarsal bones
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骰骨 (tóugǔ) — one of the tarsal bones
  • Finnish: kuutioluu — one of the tarsal bones
  • French: cuboïde — one of the tarsal bones
  • French: os cuboïde — one of the tarsal bones
  • Galician: cuboide — one of the tarsal bones
  • Hungarian: köbcsont — one of the tarsal bones
  • Italian: cuboide — one of the tarsal bones
  • Italian: osso cuboide — one of the tarsal bones
  • Polish: kość sześcienna — one of the tarsal bones
  • Portuguese: cuboide — one of the tarsal bones
  • Romanian: cuboid — one of the tarsal bones
  • Spanish: cuboides — one of the tarsal bones
  • Spanish: hueso cuboides — one of the tarsal bones
  • Vietnamese: xương hộp — one of the tarsal bones