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Webster 1913 Edition
Multangular
Mul-tan′gu-lar
,Adj.
[L.
multangulus
; multus
much, many + angulus
angle: cf. F. multangulaire
.] Having many angles.
– Mul-tan′gu-lar-ly
, adv.
Mul-tan′gu-lar-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Multangular
MULTAN'GULAR
,Adj.
Having many angles; polygonal.
Definition 2024
multangular
multangular
English
Adjective
multangular (comparative more multangular, superlative most multangular)
- Having many angles.
Related terms
Noun
multangular (plural multangulars)
- Either of two bones in the wrist:
- The trapezoid bone (lesser multangular).
- The trapezium bone (greater multangular).
- 1940, American Journal of Cancer, volume 39-40, page 466:
- The roentgenograms showed local loss of density of the navicular, the multangulars, and the cuboid.
- 1944, Quarterly Bulletin of Northwestern University Medical School, volumes 18-19, page 45:
- The distal fragment in contact with the multangulars now has a porosity not seen in the preceding figures.
- 1945, RSNA Index to Imaging Literature, volume 44, page 521:
- Very strong ligaments secure the distal half of the scaphoid to the multangulars and capitate. Similarly the proximal half has a strong attachment to the lunate.
- 2012, Anne C. Brower, Donald J. Flemming, Arthritis in Black and White, Elsevier Health Sciences (ISBN 9781455738205), page 379:
- There is now narrowing of some of the carpal joint spaces, particularly that between the navicular and the multangulars.