1. A comma-shaped bone of the human wrist, located in the first row of carpals. 2. A concave bone of the human foot, located between the talus and the metatarsals. In both senses also called scaphoid.
ADJECTIVE:
Shaped like a boat; scaphoid.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin nvicula, boat, diminutive of nvis, ship. See nu- in Appendix I.
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