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Definition of Hamular
1. a. Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.
Definition of Hamular
1. Adjective. Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the '''hamular''' process of the sphenoid bone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hamular
1. hamulus [adj] - See also: hamulus
Medical Definition of Hamular
1. Hook-shaped; unciform. Origin: L. Hamulus, q.v. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamular
Literary usage of Hamular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1908)
"Q. Lateral thoracic bands more than i mm. broad, not sigmoid ; hamular ... R.
Lateral thoracic bands straight and subequal ; hamular folds fairly well ..."
2. Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear: Including the Anatomy of the Organ by Anton Friedrich Tröltsch, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1869)
"This muscle is inserted into the anterior and lower side of the hamular process,
in such a way that it must be looked upon as an antagonist of the ..."
3. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1900)
"Externally to this hamular process, the pterygoid plate sends outwards another
... The very small space included between this last and the hamular process, ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The incision is to be hallway between the hamular process and Eustachian tube,
and perpendicular to a line drawn between them. ..."
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