unciform (comparative more unciform, superlative most unciform)
Of the shape of a hook; hook-shaped.
unciform (plural unciforms)
The hamate bone.
• 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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