os hamatum

1. 1.

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

   Synonymshamatehamate boneunciform bone

   Broadercarpal bone

Questions about os hamatum

What does os hamatum mean?

os hamatum means "the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers".

What is another word for os hamatum?

Close synonyms include hamate, hamate bone, unciform bone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is os hamatum a common word?

os hamatum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.