TRAPEZIUM BONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals

Synonyms:

os trapezium; trapezium; trapezium bone

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("trapezium bone" is a kind of...):

carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)

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