scaphoid

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On Friday she was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a fracture to a small bone under her thumb called the scaphoid.

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  • Reigning 250cc world champion Marco Simoncelli's participation in this weekend's Qatar season-opener remains 'possible', after successful surgery to insert a screw into his fractured scaphoid. —  Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed
  • Reigning 250cc world champion Marco Simoncelli, who underwent surgery on a fractured scaphoid bone in his right wrist on Tuesday, amazingly completed 16 laps - the most by any rider was 18 —  Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed
  • The Italian fractured the scaphoid bone in his right wrist while training on a motocross bike last weekend, and underwent surgery to insert a screw into the break on Tuesday. —  Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed
  • He was 0. 5s slower tonight though having only undergone surgery to repair the damaged scaphoid bone last Tuesday before he flew to the Middle East.
  • On Friday she was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a fracture to a small bone under her thumb called the scaphoid. —  Home | Mail Online
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  1. New Latin scaphoīdēs, from Greek skaphoeidēs, like a bowl : skaphē, tub, boat + -oeidēs, -oid.

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  1. from Greek σκαφοειδής, like a bowl or boat, from σκάφη, σκάφος, a bowl, boat, + εἰ̄δος, form.
 

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/ˈskæfɔɪd/
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