Definition of navicular Navicular

na•vic•u•lar

We found 8 definitions of navicular from 5 different sources.

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What does navicular mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

navicular - shaped like a boat
  scaphoid
  formed having or given a form or shape
  general anatomy, anatomy a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • navicular (Noun)
    A navicular bone .
  • navicular (Adjective)
    Shaped like a boat.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • navicular (a.)
    Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
  • navicular (a.)
    Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
  • navicular (n.)
    The navicular bone.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • navicular
    nav-ik′ū-lar, adj. pertaining to small ships or boats: (bot.) boat-shaped: scaphoid.—n. a bone in man and animals, so called from its shape.—n. Navic′ula, an incense-boat.—Navicular disease, an inflammation, often rheumatic, of the small bone—the navicular—in horses, below which passes the strong flexor tendon of the foot. [L. navicularisnavicula, dim. of navis, a ship.]

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