CUBOID BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cuboid bone mean? 

• CUBOID BONE (noun)
  The noun CUBOID BONE has 1 sense:

1. the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus

  Familiarity information: CUBOID BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUBOID BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("cuboid bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("cuboid bone" is a part of...):

tarsus (the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively)

 Context examples 

One of three (medial, intermediate, or lateral cuneiform) bones in the foot medial to the cuboid bone and between either the first, second or third metatarsal bone and the navicular bone.

(Cuneiform Bone of the Foot, NCI Thesaurus)