scaphoid
adj
Meaning
- Shaped like a boat.
- Carpal navicular bone.
Etymology / origin
From Latin scaphoides, from Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skăphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “boat, trough, bowl”).
- σκᾰφοειδής(grc)→
- scaphoides(la)→
- scaphoid (English)
- Relations: uder, uder
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