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 bone
n : the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers [syn: {hamate},
{hamate bone}, {os hamatum}]