unciform

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unciform - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unciform \Un"ci*form\ ([u^]n"s[i^]*f[^o]rm), a. [L. uncus a hook
     + -form.]
     Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked form;
     hooklike.
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     Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of
        the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
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  Unciform \Un"ci*form\, n. (Anat.)
     The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
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