Definition of navicular

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na·vic·u·lar    (n-vky-lr) KEY 

NOUN:
In both senses also called scaphoid.

1. A comma-shaped bone of the human wrist, located in the first row of carpals.
2. A concave bone of the human foot, located between the talus and the metatarsals.

ADJECTIVE:

Shaped like a boat; scaphoid.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin nvicula, boat, diminutive of nvis, ship; see nu- in Indo-European roots