os scaphoideum

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   the largest wrist bone on the thumb side

   Synonymsscaphoid bonenavicular

   Broadercarpal bone

Questions about os scaphoideum

What does os scaphoideum mean?

os scaphoideum means "the largest wrist bone on the thumb side".

What is another word for os scaphoideum?

Close synonyms include scaphoid bone, navicular. 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 scaphoideum a common word?

os scaphoideum 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.