TRIQUETRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does triquetral mean? 

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

1. a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIQUETRAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cuneiform bone; os triquetrum; pyramidal bone; triquetral; triquetral bone

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

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

 Context examples 

The bone in the proximal row of carpal bones that lies between the scaphoid and triquetral bones.

(Lunate Bone, 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)