Pisiform

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Resembling a pea in size or shape.
  • n. A small bone at the junction of the ulna and the carpus.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Resembling a pea in size or shape
  • n. A small bone in the wrist at the junction of the ulna and the carpus
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape.
  • n. A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of artiodactyla.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the form of a pea, as an ossification in tendons at joints; having a structure resembling peas. A variety of iron ore is called pisiform, from its being made up of small rounded masses about the size of a pea.
  • n. In anatomy, a sesamoid bone, of about the size and shape of a pea, developed in the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle of man and some other animals.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral
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    wrist bone    carpal bone    carpal   
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