3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, n. (Anat.) The navicular bone. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] 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}]
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