hamate
[ hey-meyt ]
/ ˈheɪ meɪt /
adjective Anatomy.
hook-shaped.
having a hooklike process.
Origin of hamate
Words nearby hamate
hamartia,
hamartiology,
hamartoblastoma,
hamartoma,
hamas,
hamate,
hamba,
hamba kahle,
hambletonian,
hambo,
hambone
Example sentences from the Web for hamate
Hamate, or Hamose, hooked; the end of a slender body bent round.
The Elements of Botany |Asa GraySpores of Bacidia umbrina to illustrate the several-celled, hyaline, hamate or spirally twisted type.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 |Bruce Fink and Leafy J. Corrington
British Dictionary definitions for hamate
hamate
/ (ˈheɪmeɪt) /
adjective
rare
hook-shaped
Word Origin for hamate
C18: from Latin
hāmātus, from
hāmus hook