/ English Dictionary |
OS TRAPEZIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
Synonyms:
os trapezium; trapezium; trapezium bone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("os trapezium" is a kind of...):
carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)