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Webster 1913 Edition
Navicular
Na-vic′u-lar
,Adj.
[L.
navicularius
, fr. navicula
, dim. of navis
ship: cf. F. naviculaire
.] 1.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
2.
Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid;
as, the
navicular
glumes of most grasses; the navicular
bone.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.
Na-vic′u-lar
,Noun.
(Anat.)
The navicular bone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Navicular
NAVICULAR
,Adj.
1.
Relating to small ships or boats. 2.
Shaped like a boat; cymbiform. The navicular bone is the scaphoid bone of the wrist.