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unciform

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

noun

an unciform bone

See unciform in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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