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Definition of Hamate
1. Noun. The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers.
Generic synonyms: Carpal, Carpal Bone, Wrist Bone
Definition of Hamate
1. a. Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
Definition of Hamate
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Hooked at the tip. ¹
2. Noun. The hamate bone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hamate
1. a wrist bone [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamate
Literary usage of Hamate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"surface articulates with the hamate by a smooth, concave, oblong facet, ...
The hamate bone may be readily distinguished by its wedge-shaped form, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The triangular articulates with three bones: the lunate laterally, the pisiform
in front, the hamate distally; and with the triangular articular disk which ..."
3. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"Two dorsal bands pass to the fourth bone: viz., one from the hamate, and another
from ... The fifth bone has only one band passing to it from the hamate. ..."
4. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"hamate, hooked, a bristle curved at the end. Head, a dense roundish cluster of
sessile flowers. Hastate, shaped like a halbert; it differs from arrow-shaped ..."
5. Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary by James Curtis Hepburn (1873)
"... to be addicted to gambling. Hamari-komu. To be plunged in, immersed in.
HAMA-YUMI, n. A small bow used as a toy. hamate, n. Near the sea beach. ..."
6. Botany of the Northern and Middle States; Or A Description of the Plants by Lewis Caleb Beck (1833)
"hamate, hooked, a bristle curved at the end. Hastate, shaped like a halbert; it
differs from arrow shaped in having the barbs or lateral portions more ..."
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