unciform [
'ʌnsifɒ:m]
a. 钩状的, 钩骨的
n. 钩骨
[医] 钩状的, 钩形的
Unciform \Un"ci*form\, a. [L. uncus a hook + -form.]
Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from;
hooklike.
{Unciform bone} (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of
the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
Unciform \Un"ci*form\, n. (Anat.)
The unciform bone. See Illust. of {Perissodactyla}.