Navicular
Navicular , adjective
[Latin navicularius, from navicula, dim. of navis ship: compare French naviculaire.]
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.
Collocations (2)
Navicular bone (Anatomy) , (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid.
Navicular disease (Farriery) , a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.
Navicular , noun
(Anatomy) The navicular bone.