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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. 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)

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