Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anatomy, the unciform bone of the carpus: more fully called os uncinatum.

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  • noun (Anat.) The unciform bone.

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  • noun anatomy The hamate bone.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Latin uncinatus hooked. Compare uncinate.

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  • Nectandra cf. reticulata, Cedrelinga catenaeformis, Erisma uncinatum, Phragmotheca ecuadoriensis, Parkia multijuga, Ochroma sp., and Pouteria sp., and palm species of the genera Bactris and Astrocaryum.

    Napo moist forests 2008

  • N. uncinatum produces lolines which may cause variable responses in invertebrates and small vertebrates

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susanna Saari et al. 2010

  • An especially striking summertime blue is monkshood, Aconitum uncinatum.

    Smoky Mountain News 2010

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