Navicular

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, n. (Anat.)
     The navicular bone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, a. [L. navicularius, fr. navicula,
     dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.]
     1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
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     2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular
        glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
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     {Navicular bone}. (Anat.)
        (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding
            to the centrale; -- called also {scaphoid}.
        (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the
            scaphoid.
  
     {Navicular disease} (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular
        bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  navicular
       adj : shaped like a boat [syn: {scaphoid}]
       n : the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: {scaphoid
           bone}, {os scaphoideum}]