hamate bone

English

The hamate bone is showed in red in this graphic

Etymology

From Latin hāmātus (“hooked, crooked”).

Noun

hamate bone (plural hamate bones)

1. One of the eight bones of the wrist (carpals).

Synonyms

• (bone of the wrist): hamatum, os hamatum, unciform, unciform bone

Translations

one of the wrist bones

• Basque: kako-hezur
• Catalan: ganxut m
• Dutch: haakvormig been n
• Finnish: hakaluu (fi)
• Galician: ganchudo (gl) m
• German: Hakenbein n
• Hungarian: horgascsont (hu)
• Ido: hokoido (io)
• Italian: osso uncinato m, uncinato (it) m
• Portuguese: hamato m, uncinado m
• Russian: крючковидная кость (krjučkovidnaja kostʹ)
• Spanish: hueso ganchoso m
• Swedish: hakben n
• Vietnamese: xương móc