Scaphoid Bone (Gr. skaphe, 'a boat'), a term applied to two somewhat boat-like bones, of which one occurs in the carpus or wrist (see HAND), and the other in the tarsus of the Foot (q.v.).
Scaphoid Bone
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 198
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