Meaning

1 senses

  1. A navicular bone.

    the largest wrist bone on the thumb side

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boa

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

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Forms

plural: naviculars
Singularnavicular
Pluralnaviculars

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
scaphoid
Close in meaning
  • the largest wrist bone on the thumb side:scaphoid boneos scaphoideum

Word family

6 related words
Derivedcuneonavicularnavicular abdomennavicular bonenavicular diseasetalocalcaneonaviculartalonavicular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
navalB2navenavelnavigablenavigateB2navigationB2navigator

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