Navicular
[nә'vikjuәlә]
Definition
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
(a.) Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
(n.) The navicular bone.
Inputed by Errol
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. (Anat. & Bot.) Boat-shaped, cymbiform.
Inputed by Augustine
Definition
adj. pertaining to small ships or boats: (bot.) boat-shaped: scaphoid.—n. a bone in man and animals so called from its shape.—n. Navic′ula an incense-boat.—Navicular disease an inflammation often rheumatic of the small bone—the navicular—in horses below which passes the strong flexor tendon of the foot.
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