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Definition of Scaphoid

1. Adjective. Shaped like a boat.

Definition of Scaphoid

1. a. Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.

Definition of Scaphoid

1. Adjective. Shaped like a boat, navicular. ¹

2. Noun. (anatomy) Carpal navicular bone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scaphoid

1. a bone of the wrist [n -S]

Medical Definition of Scaphoid

1. Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped. The scaphoid bone. Scaphoid bone One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale. One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See Navicular. Origin: Gr. A boat: cf. F. Scaphoide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Scaphoid

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"The scaphoid or Navicular bone, so called from its fancied resemblance to a boat, is situated at the inner side of the tarsus, between the astragalus behind ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The superior surfaces of the scaphoid, semilunar, and pyramidal bones form, when in apposition, a continuous convexity which, corresponds with the concavity ..."

3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"The first case shows a dislocation forward of both scaphoid and semi- lunar. The scaphoid was the seat of a crack slightly above the waist which was ..."

4. Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis by American Dermatological Association (1913)
"REMARKS ON THE scaphoid SCAPULA parents, as a rule, beget a healthy progeny and a progeny which compares favorably with the parents in physical and mental ..."

5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"It is a broad band, which passes obliquely forward from the neck of the astragalus to the superior surface of the scaphoid bone. ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1880)
"of the astragalus, or as dislocations at the astragalo-scaphoid ... The scaphoid and cuboid bones were found to be displaced upwards and forwards, ..."

7. A Practical Treatise of Fractures and Dislocations by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1905)
"scaphoid. The reported cases of dislocation of the unbroken scaphoid number ... For dislocation of a portion of the bone, see Fracture of the scaphoid. ..."

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