Scaphoid
adjective
1.
boat-shaped; navicular.
noun
2.
Anatomy. a navicular.
adjective
1.
(anatomy) an obsolete word for navicular
scaphoid scaph·oid (skāf’oid’)
adj.
Shaped like a boat; hollow. n.
See navicular.
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