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Webster 1913 Edition

Navicular

Na-vic′u-lar

,
Adj.
[L.
navicularius
, fr.
navicula
, dim. of
navis
ship: cf. F.
naviculaire
.]
1.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
2.
Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid;
as, the
navicular
glumes of most grasses; the
navicular
bone.
Navicular bone
.
(Anat.)
(a)
One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale
; – called also
scaphoid
.
(b)
A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid.
–
Navicular disease
(Far.)
,
a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse’s foot.

Na-vic′u-lar

,
Noun.
(Anat.)
The navicular bone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Navicular

NAVICULAR

,
Adj.
[L., a little ship]
1.
Relating to small ships or boats.
2.
Shaped like a boat; cymbiform. The navicular bone is the scaphoid bone of the wrist.

Definition 2024

navicular

navicular

English

Adjective

navicular ‎(comparative more navicular, superlative most navicular)

  1. Shaped like a boat.

Synonyms

Noun

navicular ‎(plural naviculars)

  1. (anatomy) A navicular bone.

Synonyms

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin nāviculāris ‎(“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis ‎(“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Noun

navicular m (plural naviculares)

  1. (anatomy) navicular bone

Hypernyms

Spanish

Adjective

navicular m, f ‎(plural naviculares)

  1. navicular

Noun

navicular m ‎(plural naviculares)

  1. navicular bone

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