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OS TRAPEZIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does os trapezium mean?
• OS TRAPEZIUM (noun)
The noun OS TRAPEZIUM has 1 sense:
1. the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
Familiarity information: OS TRAPEZIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
os trapezium; trapezium; trapezium bone
Hypernyms ("os trapezium" is a kind of...):
carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)
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