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Navicular adj.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.

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.

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Etymology of 'Navicular'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Navicular" Quotes from Famous Books

... that forms the bulk of the substance of the foot behind the great back sinew is squeezed into narrow space, the working of the joints compressed, and inflammation at the joints, or at the wings of the coffin-bone, is excited; in worse cases navicular disease is established, or, from inadequate circulation, thrush holds possession at the frog, ...

— Rational Horse-Shoeing • John E. Russell

Words linked to "Navicular" : scaphoid, formed, carpal bone, scaphoid bone, os scaphoideum, anatomy, general anatomy, carpal