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hamate
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hamate [′hā‚māt]
(biology)
Hook-shaped or hooked.
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5,6) * Anatomically, a variation in the hook of the hamate bone (part of the floor in the carpal tunnel) was more often found in study subjects with CTS compared with the group without CTS.
Carpal tunnel syndrome: understanding what you may not have by Dylla, Jacquelyn; Forrest, Jane L. / Access
Acting manager Brad Mills said that, as far as he knows, there is no damage to the hamate bone in Ortiz's left hand.
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He subsequently underwent surgery to remove the hook of the hamate bone in his right hand.
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