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multangular en · ADJ

Etymology

From mult(i)- + -angular. Compare earlier multangle, French multangulaire, and Medieval Latin multangulāris.

Meanings

1. Having many angles.

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multiangular

multangular en · NOUN

Etymology

From mult(i)- + -angular. Compare earlier multangle, French multangulaire, and Medieval Latin multangulāris.

Meanings

1. Either of two bones in the wrist
   • Very strong ligaments secure the distal half of the scaphoid to the multangulars and capitate. Similarly the proximal half has a strong attachment to the lunate. 1945, RSNA Index to Imaging Literature, volume 44, page 521:
   • There is now narrowing of some of the carpal joint spaces, particularly that between the navicular and the multangulars. 2012, Anne C. Brower, Donald J. Flemming, Arthritis in Black and White, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 379:
   • The roentgenograms showed local loss of density of the navicular, the multangulars, and the cuboid. 1940, American Journal of Cancer, volumes 39-40, page 466:
   • The distal fragment in contact with the multangulars now has a porosity not seen in the preceding figures. 1944, Quarterly Bulletin of Northwestern University Medical School, volumes 18-19, page 45:
2. Either of two bones in the wrist: ▸ The trapezoid bone (lesser multangular).
3. Either of two bones in the wrist: ▸ The trapezium bone (greater multangular).

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