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scapholunar

scapholunar adjective: scapholunate.

Adjective

scapholunar (not comparable)

  1. scapholunate

Noun

scapholunar (plural scapholunars)

  1. A bone formed by the coalescence of the scaphoid and lunar in the carpus of some macropods or carnivores.

Forms of scapholunar

pluralscapholunars

Origin of scapholunar

From scapho- + lunar.

Questions about scapholunar

What does scapholunar mean?
Scapholunar means scapholunate.
What part of speech is scapholunar?
Scapholunar can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near scapholunar in the dictionary

  1. scaphoid bone
  2. scaphoid bones
  3. scaphoidectomy
  4. scaphoiditis
  5. scaphoids
  6. scapholunar
  7. scapholunars
  8. scapholunate
  9. scaphometacarpal
  10. scaphopisiform
  11. scaphopod

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