cuneiform

cu·ne·i·form

1. Wedge-shaped.
2. a. Being a character or characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements and used in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing.
   b. Relating to, composed in, or using such characters.
3. Anatomy Of, relating to, or being a wedge-shaped bone or cartilage.

1. Writing typified by the use of characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements.
2. Anatomy A wedge-shaped bone, especially one of three such bones in the tarsus of the foot.

Origin: Latin cuneus, wedge + -form.