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Definition of Os trapezoideum
1. Noun. The wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones.
Medical Definition of Os trapezoideum
1. A bone in the distal row of the carpus; it articulates with the second metacarpal, trapezium, capitate, and scaphoid. Synonym: os trapezoideum, lesser multangular bone, os multangulum minus, trapezoid. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Os Trapezoideum
Literary usage of Os trapezoideum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Palaeontologie Suedrusslands by Alexander von Nordmann (1858)
"Pl. 187 /. 2ö, 27, für den des fossilen Bären ausgegeben. Ich habe zwei Schachteln
voll dieser Knochen sammeln können. os trapezoideum. ..."