Definition of Unciform

1. a. Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.

2. n. The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.

3. a. Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.

4. n. The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.

Definition of Unciform

1. Adjective. Of the shape of a hook. ¹

2. Noun. The hamate bone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Unciform

1. a bone of the wrist [n -S]

Medical Definition of Unciform

1. Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike. Unciform bone, a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum. Origin: L. Uncus a hook. The unciform bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Unciform

unchronicled
unchronological
unchurch
unchurched
unchurches
unchurching
unchurchly
unchurcht
unchurlish
unci
uncia
unciae
uncial
uncially
uncials
unciform (current term)
unciform bone
unciform fasciculus
unciforme
unciforms
unciliated
uncinal
uncinarias
uncinariases
uncinariasis
uncinata
uncinate
uncinate attack
uncinate bundle of Russell
uncinate epilepsy

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