Definition of Radiale

1. n. The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.

Definition of Radiale

1. Noun. The carpal bone in the tetrapod forelimb that corresponds to the scaphoid bone in humans ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Radiale

1. a bone of the carpus [n -LIA]

Medical Definition of Radiale

1. Origin: NL. See Radial. 1. The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man. 2. Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiale

radial scar
radial sclerosing lesion
radial shield
radial spoke
radial styloid tendovaginitis
radial symmetries
radial symmetry
radial tire
radial tires
radial tuberosity
radial tyre
radial tyres
radial vein
radial veins
radial velocity
radiale (current term)
radialene
radialia
radialis
radialis indicis artery
radiality
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radiance
radiances
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Literary usage of Radiale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. North American Geology and Palæontology for the Use of Amateurs, Students by Samuel Almond Miller (1889)
"Calyx large, urn-shaped ; basais 3; primary radiais 3x5; secondary radiale l to 4x10; tertiary radiale, in some species; ..."

2. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1895)
"(1) The three ossifying carpals, in the order of advancement, are the intermedium; radiale, and disto-carpal. Thus, the ulnare, the most largely ossified in ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"The radiale is much larger than the ulnare. Its greater length is correlated with the shortness of the radius; the length of radius plus radiale is ..."

4. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"In the definitive skeleton there are but two carpal bones, viz., a radiale at the extremity of the radius, and an ulnare at the extremity of the ulna. ..."

5. Records by K. Gardner & Lang (1906)
"Hist., 1903), suggests that the carpal element which I regarded as the radiale is really a centrale. The carpus certainly has the appearance of having lost ..."

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