hamate definition

  • adjective:
    • Anatomy Hooked at tip.
    • Hooked at the tip.
    • Hooked; bent at the conclusion into a hook; hamous.

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  • noun:
    • a tiny, hook-shaped carpal bone for the wrist. Also called unciform.
    • The hamate bone tissue.
    • the wrist bone tissue on the basis of the 4th and 5th fingers

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  • others:
    • Hooked; entangled.
    • In zoology, hooked; uncinate: just like hamulate.
    • In botany, curved like a hook; addicted within tip: said of hairs, spines, etc.

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