UNCIFORM BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unciform bone mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCIFORM BONE (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 ("unciform bone" is a kind of...):

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