Unciform
Unciform (un"si*fôrm) , adjective
[Latin uncus a hook + -form.]
Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked form; hooklike.
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Unciform bone (Anatomy) , a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
Unciform , noun
(Anatomy) The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.