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scaphoid, a. and n. Chiefly Anat. and Zool.|ˈskæfɔɪd|
[ad. mod.L. scaphoīdēs, a. Gr. σκαϕοειδής, f. σκάϕ-η boat: see -oid. Cf. F. scaphoïde.]
A. adj. Shaped like a boat. scaphoid bone = B. scaphoid fossa: the fossa of the helix of the ear. scaphoid tubercle: the short process of the malleus.
1741A. Monro Anatomy (ed. 3) 51 The Ligaments stretching from the Heel-bone to the Scaphoid Bone. 1858H. Gray Anat. 35 A small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa. 1876Trans. Clinical Soc. IX. 72 The hollow which should exist between the internal malleolus and the scaphoid tubercle was entirely obliterated. 1884Coues Key N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 118 Where the lateral feathers slant upward from the lowermost central pair, like the sides of a boat from its keel, this is the scaphoid..or carinate..tail. 1901Osler Pract. Med. (ed. 4) i. 26 Peritonitis may occur..with an abdomen flat or even scaphoid.
B. n. [Short for scaphoid bone; in mod.L. scaphoides.] The first proximal carpal bone in Mammalia, or the corresponding bone in the foot. See navicular A. 1.
1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 249 One inch in front of the malleolus you feel the projection of the scaphoid; the joint is one inch beyond it. 1873Mivart Elem. Anat. 151 A concavity on the radial side to receive a prominence of the scaphoid. |