navicular

(nə-vĭk'yə-lər)
n. In both senses also called scaphoid.

1. A comma-shaped bone of the human wrist, located in the first row of carpals.
2. A concave bone of the human foot, located between the talus and the metatarsals.

adj.
Shaped like a boat; scaphoid.

[From Latin nāvicula, boat, diminutive of nāvis, ship.]

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(nə-vĭk'yə-lər)
n.

1. A comma-shaped bone of the wrist that is located in the first row of carpals.
2. A concave bone of the foot, located between the talus and the metatarsals. Also called scaphoid.

adj.

Shaped like a boat.

Boat-shaped; applied to certain bones, such as the navicular bones of the horse's foot and human ankle.

• n. block — a specially carved block of wood in which a horse's foot is lodged to enable a radiograph of the navicular bone to be taken at a suitable angle.
• n. bone — 1. the distal sesamoid bone of a horse's foot; it lies on the palmar side of the coffin joint and serves to change the direction of the deep digital flexor tendon as it inserts on the distal phalanx. Its palmar surface is covered with fibrocartilage, its dorsal surface with hyaline cartilage and its dorsal surface is pocked with a row of nutrient foramina.
— 2. (rare) the central tarsal bone.
• n. bursa inflammation — in the horse may contain Brucella abortus; a cause of intermittent lameness.
• n. disease — a chronic degeneration of the navicular bone in which there is damage to its flexor surface and the overlying flexor tendon in the front feet of horses. There may be an accompanying navicular bursitis and osteophyte formation. Characterized by intermittent lameness and pointing when the animal is standing. Called also podotrochlitis.

See words rhyming with "navicular."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bådformet
n. - bådknogle; i ankelen

idioms:

• navicular disease    sygdom af bådknoglen i hestes ben

Nederlands (Dutch)
scheepvormig, scheepvormig been

Français (French)
adj. - naviculaire
n. - nacelle

idioms:

• navicular disease    (Méd) affection naviculaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bootförmig, kahnförmig
n. - Kahnbein

idioms:

• navicular disease    Entzündung des Kahnbeins bei Pferden

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ανατ.) σκαφοειδής
n. - (ανατ.) σκαφοειδές οστούν

idioms:

• navicular disease    (παθολ.) φλεγμονή του σκαφοειδούς οστού αλόγου

Italiano (Italian)
navicolare, scafoide

idioms:

• navicular disease    osteite equina

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - navicular (Anat.)
n. - navícula (f)

idioms:

• navicular disease    doença do navicular

Русский (Russian)
ладьеобразный

idioms:

• navicular disease    ладьеобразная болезнь, скафоида

Español (Spanish)
adj. - navicular
n. - hueso escafoides

idioms:

• navicular disease    naviculartritis

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - båtformad
n. - båtben

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
船形的, 舟状的, 舟骨

idioms:

• navicular disease    船状骨病

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 船形的, 舟狀的
n. - 舟骨

idioms:

• navicular disease    船狀骨病

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 배 모양의
n. - 주상골

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 舟状の, 舟状骨の
n. - 舟状骨

idioms:

• navicular disease    舟状関節炎

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) زورقي (الاسم) زورق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דמוי ספינה‬
n. - ‮עצם קטנה בכף היד או הרגל‬

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