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HAMATE BONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
Synonyms:
hamate; hamate bone; os hamatum; unciform bone
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Hypernyms ("hamate bone" is a kind of...):
carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)