meaning of trapezium
1. A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.
2. A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.
3. A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
4. the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
Related Words
trapezium | trapezium bone | trapeziums |
