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cuneiform

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cuneiform /cu·ne·i·form/ (ku-ne´ĭ-form) wedge-shaped.
cu·ne·i·form (kyn--fôrm, ky-n-)
adj.
1. Wedge-shaped.
2. Of, relating to, or being a wedge-shaped bone or cartilage.
n.
A wedge-shaped bone, especially one of three such bones of the foot.
cuneiform
[kyo̅o̅nē′əfôrm′]
Etymology: L, cuneus, wedge, forma
1  adj, (of bone and cartilage) wedge-shaped.
2  n, bone of the foot between the navicular and metatarsals.
cuneiform
1. wedge-shaped.
2. the first, second and third tarsal bones.
cuneiform process
processes of the arytenoid cartilage in dogs, or the epiglottic cartilages of horses.


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