os pisiforme

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   a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral

   Synonymspisiformpisiform bone

   Broadercarpal bone

Questions about os pisiforme

What does os pisiforme mean?

os pisiforme means "a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral".

What is another word for os pisiforme?

Close synonyms include pisiform, pisiform 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 pisiforme a common word?

os pisiforme 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.