Definitions for navicular

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navicular na·vic·u·lar

Spelling: [nuh-vik-yuh-ler]

IPA: /nəˈvɪk yə lər/

Navicular is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 334 anagrams from letters in navicular (aacilnruv).

Definitions for navicular

noun

1. Also, naviculare [nuh-vik-yuh-lair-ee, -lahr-ee] /nəˌvɪk yəˈlɛər i, -ˈlɑr i/ (Show IPA). the bone at the radial end of the proximal row of the bones of the carpus.
2. the bone in front of the talus on the inner side of the foot.

adjective

1. boat-shaped, as certain bones.

Origin of navicular

1535-45; Late Latin nāviculāris of, relating to shipping, equivalent to Latin nāvicul(a) a small ship (nāvi(s) ship + -cula -cule¹; ) + -āris Examples for navicular

It articulates with the second metatarsal and with the navicular.

With navicular disease it sooner or later makes its appearance.

There was no adherence of the tendon to the navicular bone nor any ulceration.

It articulates with the third metatarsal and with the navicular.

The navicular bone is what we may term a complement of the os pedis.

You've a lot to learn about navicular, you 'ave, if you can talk such rot as that!

The coffin bone and navicular bone sink a little and rotate backward.

In this manner is an engine treated for navicular, laminitis, back-sinew, or whatever it is that engines most suffer from.

The navicular bone and surrounding structures are not exempt.

The navicular bone is short, flattened above and below, and is attached to the coffin bone behind.