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UNCIFORM

\ʌnsˈɪfɔːm], \ʌnsˈɪfɔːm], \ʌ_n_s_ˈɪ_f_ɔː_m]\

Definitions of UNCIFORM

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Hook-shaped; having the form of a hook.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Having a curved or hooked form, applied to the last bone of the second row of the wrist-bones.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Shaped like a hook or barb; process of the ethmoid bone.
The unciform or hamatum of the wrist.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Hooked or shaped like a hook.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Hook-shaped, hooked. As a n., the u. bone.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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