Navicular

navicular
    adj 1: shaped like a boat [syn: {navicular}, {scaphoid}]
    n 1: the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: {scaphoid
         bone}, {os scaphoideum}, {navicular}]
    

Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, n. (Anat.)
   The navicular bone.
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Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, a. [L. navicularius, fr. navicula,
   dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.]
   1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
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   2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular
      glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
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   {Navicular bone}. (Anat.)
      (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding
          to the centrale; -- called also {scaphoid}.
      (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the
          scaphoid.

   {Navicular disease} (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular
      bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.
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