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Unciform

Un′ci-form

(ŭn′sĭ-fôrm)

,

Adj.

[L.

uncus

a hook +

-form

.]

Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked form; hooklike.

Unciform bone

(Anat.)

,

a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.

Un′ci-form

,

Noun.

(Anat.)

The unciform bone. See Illust. of

.