1. Shaped like a boat; having a long, narrow, curved form.

1. A small boat-shaped bone in the wrist (scaphoid bone) or foot (tarsal bone).
Usage: anatomy; medical

Examples

• The navicular bone in the wrist is one of the carpal bones.
• A fracture of the navicular bone in the foot can be slow to heal.
• The navicular shape of the seed pod helps it disperse in water.
• Doctors examined the patient's navicular bone after the injury.
• The navicular fossa is a small depression in the male urethra.