hamate

Speech parts

1. hamate - Noun

2. hamate - Adjective

Meaning

Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hamate bone os hamatum unciform bone crooked curved bent billed hooked arched beaked aquiline falcate bicorn hamiform hamulate
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Antonyms

straight

Hypernyms

carpal carpal bone wrist bone

Phrases with the word

right hamate bone

Anagrams

athame Tehama

Examples

The carpal tunnel is located at the middle third of the base of the palm, bounded by the bony prominence of the scaphoid tubercle and trapezium at the base of the thumb, and the hamate hook that can be palpated along the axis of the ring finger. Source: Internet

The flexor retinaculum is a strong, fibrous band that attaches to the pisiform and the hamulus of the hamate. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Hamasaki Hamasien Hamassien hamate bone hamated hamathecial