scapholunar

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English

Etymology

From scapho- +‎ lunar.

Adjective

scapholunar (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.

Noun

scapholunar (plural scapholunars)

  1. (anatomy) A bone formed by the coalescence of the scaphoid and lunar in the carpus of carnivora.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scapholunar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)