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Definition of Cuneiform

1. Adjective. Shaped like a wedge.

2. Noun. An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones).

Definition of Cuneiform

1. a. Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.

2. n. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions.

Definition of Cuneiform

1. Adjective. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped. ¹

2. Adjective. Written in the cuneiform writing system. ¹

3. Noun. An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clay tablets. ¹

4. Noun. (anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cuneiform

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Medical Definition of Cuneiform

1. Wedge-shaped. See: intermediate cuneiform bone, lateral cuneiform bone, medial cuneiform bone. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuneiform

cunctipotent cundies cundum cundums cundurango cundy cuneal cuneate cuneate fasciculus cuneate funiculus

cuneate leaf cuneate nucleus cuneated cuneately cuneatic cuneiform (current term) cuneiform bone cuneiform bones cuneiform cartilage cuneiform cataract

cuneiform lobe cuneiform tubercle cuneiformist cuneiformists cuneiforms cuneocerebellar tract cuneocuboid cuneocuboid joint cuneocuboid ligaments cuneometatarsal joints

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