Navicular
Pronunciation : Na*vic"u*lar
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.]
Definition : 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. Navicular bone. (Anat.) (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; -- called also scaphoid. (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid. -- Navicular disease (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Na*vic"u*lar
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The navicular bone.
(Anat.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913