os lunatum

1. 1.

   one of the eight small wrist bones

   Synonymslunate bonesemilunar bone

   Broadercarpal bone

Questions about os lunatum

What does os lunatum mean?

os lunatum means "one of the eight small wrist bones".

What is another word for os lunatum?

Close synonyms include lunate bone, semilunar 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 lunatum a common word?

os lunatum 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.