[1735–45; ‹ L hāmātus hooked, equiv. to hām(us) hook + -ātus-ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1735–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boxer, cutoff, editorial, loggia, washboard-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)
Examples of 'hamate' in a sentence
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We excluded 19 patients with anticipated hamate fractures and 1 patient that had a hamate hook excision.
Silke A. Spit, Stéphanie J.E. Becker, Michiel G.J.S. Hageman, David Ring 2017, 'The Prevalence of Unanticipated Hamate Hook Abnormalities in Computed Tomography Scans:A Retrospective Study', The Archives of Bone & Joint Surgeryhttp://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_7938_a34eb9b609107b1c4341df753a6480cb.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report stress fracture of the hamate hook in a water polo player without any specific trauma.
Hana Ueda, Shunpei Hama, Masataka Yasuda, Kenta Minato, Masahiro Miyashita, KishikShin 2019, 'Stress Fracture of the Hamate Hook in a Water Polo Player', Case Reports in Orthopedicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2483142. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)