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2024
hamate_bone
hamate bone
English
Noun
hamate
bone
(
plural
hamate bones
)
One of the eight bones of the
wrist
(
carpals
).
Synonyms
(
bone of the wrist
)
:
os hamatum
,
unciform
, unciform bone
Translations
one of the wrist bones
Basque:
kako-hezur
Dutch:
haakvormig been
n
Finnish:
hakaluu
(fi)
Galician:
ganchudo
(gl)
m
German:
Hakenbein
n
Ido:
hokoido
(io)
Portuguese:
hamato
m
,
uncinado
m
Russian:
крючковидная кость
(
krjučkovidnaja kostʹ
)
Spanish:
hueso ganchoso
m
Swedish:
hakben
n
Vietnamese:
xương móc
Etymology
From
Latin
hāmātus
(
“
hooked, crooked
”
)
.
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