UNCIFORM

Etymology

Adjective

unciform (comparative more unciform, superlative most unciform)

Of the shape of a hook; hook-shaped.

Noun

unciform (plural unciforms)

The hamate bone.

Anagrams

• cuniform, nuciform

Source: Wiktionary


Un"ci*form, a. Etym: [L. uncus a hook + -form.]

Definition: Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike. Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.

Un"ci*form, n. (Anat.)

Definition: The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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