Definitions for scaphoid

scaphoid scaph·oid

Spelling: [skaf-oid]
IPA: /ˈskæf ɔɪd/

Scaphoid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 359 anagrams from letters in scaphoid (acdhiops).

Definitions for scaphoid

noun

  1. Anatomy. a navicular.

adjective

  1. boat-shaped; navicular.

Origin of scaphoid

1735-45; New Latin scaphoīdēs Greek skaphoeidḗs like a boat. See scaph(o)-, -oid

Examples for scaphoid

The corner of the scaphoid just reaches the magnum also in Amblypoda.

The bones of the carpus are seven in number, the scaphoid and the semilunar being fused together.

(b.) Below the ankle, close to the attachment to the scaphoid.

The cuboid is small; the scaphoid is large, and flattened from above downwards.

He finds that even in children, the subjects of the scaphoid scapula, the arteries are very definitely thickened.

In the carpus the scaphoid, lunar, and cuneiform are all fused together.

The scaphoid and lunar are separate, and there is a centrale.

In the carpus a centrale is present, and the scaphoid and lunar are separate.

In Echidna the carpus is broad, the scaphoid and lunar are united and there is no centrale.

To this malformation he has given the name, scaphoid scapula.

Word Value for scaphoid
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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