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noun
A small knobbly, pea-shaped sesamoid bone of the wrist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pisiform, os pisiforme
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carpal bone, carpal, wrist bone
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