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navicular
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navicular, a. [L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.].
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship. [1913 Webster]
- Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. [1913 Webster]
Navicular bone. (Anat.) (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale ; -- called also scaphoid . (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid. -- Navicular disease (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.
navicular, n.
The navicular bone. [1913 Webster]
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