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scaphoid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | navicular |
Examples of scaphoid
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He braced his fall with his right hand, breaking the scaphoid bone in his wrist.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He had surgery July 19 to repair a scaphoid fracture in his left wrist.
From the suntimes.com
A bone in his foot, called the tarsal scaphoid, started to deform, causing intense pain.
From the keepingscore.blogs.time.com
Marshall landed hard out of bounds and suffered a fractured scaphoid bone in his right wrist.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Baratz will insert pins into Doumit's scaphoid to fuse it together.
From the post-gazette.com
Dieng will have a screw inserted into his scaphoid bone today at the Kleinert Kutz Hand Center.
From the stltoday.com
In some cases, an occult fracture of the scaphoid bone may be mistaken for a mild or moderate sprain.
From the stltoday.com
In such circumstances, one of the carpal bones, known as the scaphoid, can be injured or even fractured.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Monday, Marshall underwent surgery at UNC Hospitals to repair the broken scaphoid bone in his right wrist.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Navicular: shaped like a boat
- The scaphoid bone is one of the carpal bones of the wrist. It is situated between the hand and forearm on the thumb-side of the wrist (also called the lateral or radial side). ...
- Adjective, Greek skaphe = skiff, and eidos = shape or form; hence the carpal which is hollowed out on its distal surface for the head of the capitate; also the fossa occupied by tensor veli palatini muscle.
- Comes from the Greek skaphe, signifying something dug out or hollowed out and hence a similarly shaped small boat (a skiff). The -oid is the suffix that denotes shaped like or resembling. With a little imagination, the wrist bone bearing this name can be envisioned as boat-shaped. ...
