scaphoid bone

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   the largest wrist bone on the thumb side

   Synonymsos scaphoideumnavicular

   Broadercarpal bone

Questions about scaphoid bone

What does scaphoid bone mean?

scaphoid bone means "the largest wrist bone on the thumb side".

What is another word for scaphoid bone?

Close synonyms include os scaphoideum, 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 scaphoid bone a common word?

scaphoid 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.