adjective

1. hook-shaped
2. Anat.
   1. designating or of a hook-shaped bone in the distal row of the wrist, on the same side as the ulna
   2. designating a hooked process on the unciform bone, or a similar process on the ethmoid bone

Etymology: ModL unciformis < L uncus, a hook (see uncus) + -formis, -form

noun