navicular
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na·vic·u·lar
(nă-vik'yū-lăr), [TA]Flattened, medially placed tarsal bone, concave on its posterior surface to accommodate the head of the talus, and convex on its anterior surface to articulate with the three cuneiform bones.
[L. navicularis, relating to shipping]
navicular
(nə-vĭk′yə-lər)n.
1. A comma-shaped bone of the human wrist, located in the first row of carpals.
2. A concave bone of the human foot, located between the talus and the metatarsals. In both senses also called scaphoid.
adj.
Shaped like a boat; scaphoid.
navicular
adjective Referring or pertaining to the navicular bone.noun The navicular bone itself.
scaph·oid
(skaf'oyd) [TA][scapho- + G. eidos, resemblance]