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hamate /ham·ate/ (ham´āt) shaped like a hook.

ha·mate (h

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A bone on the medial side of the carpus, articulating with the fourth and fifth metacarpal, triquetrum, lunate, and capitate bones. Also called unciform bone.

hamate [ham´āt]

shaped like a hook, as the hamate bone (see anatomic Table of Bones in the Appendices). See also uncinate.

hamate

1. hooked.

2. the fourth carpal bone.

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