pisiform bone

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   a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral

   Synonymspisiformos pisiforme

   Broadercarpal bone

Questions about pisiform bone

What does pisiform bone mean?

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

What is another word for pisiform bone?

Close synonyms include pisiform, os pisiforme. 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 pisiform bone a common word?

pisiform bone 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.