navicular

n. கை-கால்களிலுள்ள படகுவடிவ எலும்பு, குதிரையின் படகு வடிவ எலும்பில் வ நோய் வகை, (பெ.) படகு வடிவுடைய, தோணி போன்ற.

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Na*vic"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. 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. 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. Na*vic"u*lar, n. (Anat.) Defn: The navicular bone.

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