hamate

  • 1Hamate — Ha mate (h[=a] m[asl]t), a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2hamate — 1. adjective (anatomy) Hooked at the tip. 2. noun The hamate bone …

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  • 3hamate — See h. (bone). * * * ha·mate hā .mātalso ham ət adj shaped like a hook hamate n a bone on the little finger side of the second row of the carpus in mammals called also unciform, unciform bone * * * ham·ate (hamґāt) shaped like a …

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  • 4hamate — noun the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers • Syn: ↑hamate bone, ↑unciform bone, ↑os hamatum • Hypernyms: ↑carpal bone, ↑carpal, ↑wrist bone …

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  • 5hamate bone — [hā′māt΄] n. a wedgelike bone on the side of the wrist connecting the wrist with the fourth and fifth metacarpals, which connect to the ring and little fingers * * * …

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  • 6hamate bone — [hā′māt΄] n. a wedgelike bone on the side of the wrist connecting the wrist with the fourth and fifth metacarpals, which connect to the ring and little fingers …

    English World dictionary

  • 7Hamate bone — Bone: Hamate bone Shown is the right hand, palm down (left) and palm up (right). Proximal: A=Scaphoid, B=Lunate, C=Triquetral, D=Pisiform Distal: E=Trapezium, F=Trapezoid, G=Capitate, H=Hamate …

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  • 8hamate bone — noun the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers • Syn: ↑hamate, ↑unciform bone, ↑os hamatum • Hypernyms: ↑carpal bone, ↑carpal, ↑wrist bone …

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  • 9hamate — noun Etymology: Latin hamatus hooked, from hamus hook Date: 1924 a bone on the inner side of the second row of the carpus in mammals …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 10hamate — См. hamiform …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology