trapezoid bone

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   the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones

   Synonymstrapezoidos trapezoideum

   Broadercarpal bone

Questions about trapezoid bone

What does trapezoid bone mean?

trapezoid bone means "the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones".

What is another word for trapezoid bone?

Close synonyms include trapezoid, os trapezoideum. 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 trapezoid bone a common word?

trapezoid 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.