hamate

ha·mate

H0034600 (hā′māt′) Anatomy n. A small, hook-shaped carpal bone of the wrist. Also called unciform.adj. Hooked at the tip.

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[Latin hāmātus, hook-shaped, barbed, from hāmus, hook.]

hamate

(ˈheɪmeɪt) adjrare hook-shaped[C18: from Latin hāmātus, from hāmus hook]

ha•mate

(ˈheɪ meɪt)
n. a bone of the carpus having a hooklike process projecting from the palmar surface. Also called ham′ate bone`. [1735–45; < Latin hāmātus hooked =hām(us) hook + -ātus -ate¹]

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Noun

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hamate - the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingershamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bonecarpal, carpal bone, wrist bone - any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates