HAMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hamate mean? 

• HAMATE (noun)
  The noun HAMATE has 1 sense:

1. the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers

  Familiarity information: HAMATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAMATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hamate; hamate bone; os hamatum; unciform bone

Hypernyms ("hamate" is a kind of...):

carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)

 Context examples 

A plane joint between the fourth metacarpal and the hamate.

(Carpometacarpal Joint 4, NCI Thesaurus)

The eight bones of the wrist: capitate bone, hamate bone, lunate bone (SEMILUNAR BONE), pisiform bone, SCAPHOID BONE, trapezium bone, trapezoid bone and triquetral bone.

(Carpal Bone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)