scaphoid
scaphoid
Definition
scaph·oid (skaf′o̵id′)
scaphoid
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- fracture: Scaphoid fractures may not be evident on the initial radiograph, get scaphoid views.
- pole: A second guide-wire is placed next to the first wire and at the base of the proximal scaphoid pole.
- bone: News Snippets Philippa Gammell has recently been diagnosed with a broken right wrist scaphoid bone, the original injury having occurred in April 2002.
- injury: This came at a cost tho, as we lost our battling Frenchman Sebastien Tresarrieu to a scaphoid injury.
- cortex: With use of imaging, the trailing end of the wire is located and is withdrawn until its end reaches the distal scaphoid cortex.
- length: The difference between the trailing ends of both wires shown in the photograph on the left is the scaphoid length.
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