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pisiform
[ pahy-suh-fawrm ]
pisiform
/ ˈɪɪˌɔː /
adjective
- zoology botany resembling a pea
noun
- a small pealike bone on the ulnar side of the carpus
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pisiform1
Example Sentences
But if you trace the pinkie edge of your hand, palm-side-up, you can feel a similar bone called the pisiform where your hand meets your wrist.
Miller, who broke the pisiform bone in his wrist, is determined not to miss time.
Its only missing feature is the pisiform - the little knobbly bone on the outside of the wrist.
The pisiform is large and prominent, flattened and curved; it articulates partly with the cuneiform and partly with the lower end of the radius.
It is true that in the human being this is its action; but in quadrupeds, owing to its insertion into the pisiform, it draws the hand into the position of flexion.
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