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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PISIFORM

Via New Latin from Latin pīsum pea + forma shape.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PISIFORM

pisiform  [ˈpɪsɪˌfɔːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PISIFORM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pisiform can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PISIFORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pisiform bone

The pisiform bone, also called pisiforme bone, is a small knobbly, pea-shaped sesamoid bone that is found in the wrist. It forms the ulnar border of the carpal tunnel.

Definition of pisiform in the English dictionary

The definition of pisiform in the dictionary is resembling a pea. Other definition of pisiform is a small pealike bone on the ulnar side of the carpus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PISIFORM


aciform
ˈæsɪˌfɔːm
acinaciform
ˌæsɪˈnæsɪˌfɔːm
bacciform
ˈbæksɪˌfɔːm
bursiform
ˈbɜːsɪˌfɔːm
cruciform
ˈkruːsɪˌfɔːm
culiciform
kjuːˈlɪsɪˌfɔːm
disciform
ˈdɪsɪˌfɔːm
diversiform
daɪˈvɜːsɪˌfɔːm
ensiform
ˈɛnsɪˌfɔːm
falciform
ˈfælsɪˌfɔːm
lanciform
ˈlɑːnsɪˌfɔːm
limaciform
lɪˈmæsɪˌfɔːm
lumbriciform
lʌmˈbrɪsɪˌfɔːm
perciform
ˈpɜːsɪˌfɔːm
plexiform
ˈplɛksɪˌfɔːm
radiciform
rəˈdɪsɪˌfɔːm
scoleciform
skəʊˈliːsɪˌfɔːm
unciform
ˈʌnsɪˌfɔːm
ursiform
ˈɜːsɪˌfɔːm
verruciform
vəˈruːsɪˌfɔːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PISIFORM

piscivore
piscivorous
pisco
Pisgah
pish
pisher
pishogue
Pishpek
Pisistratus
pisky
pismire
pisolite
pisolith
pisolitic
piss
piss about
piss all over
piss artist
piss easy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PISIFORM

choreiform
coliform
cribriform
cuneiform
dress uniform
epileptiform
filiform
form
fusiform
glandiform
multiform
nonuniform
piriform
pyriform
rotiform
school uniform
Scout uniform
spongiform
stratiform
uniform
vermiform

Synonyms and antonyms of pisiform in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pisiform» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PISIFORM

Find out the translation of pisiform to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pisiform from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pisiform» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

豌豆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pisiform
570 millions of speakers

English

pisiform
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मटर के आकार का
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحمصي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гороховидная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pisiform
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pisiform
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pisiforme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pisiform
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erbsen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

豆状骨
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pisiform
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pisiform
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giống hình hột đậu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pisiform
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेरिओफॉर्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bezelye şeklinde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pisiforme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pisiform
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гороховідная
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pisiform
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pisiform
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pisiform
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pisiform
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pisiform
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pisiform

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PISIFORM»

The term «pisiform» is normally little used and occupies the 134.390 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PISIFORM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pisiform

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PISIFORM»

Discover the use of pisiform in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pisiform and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Diagnostic Imaging of the Hand
Fractures of the body of the triquetrum are best identified in slight hyperpronation or radial inclination, which lessens superimposition of the pisiform. In these stressed positions, radiographs in ultrafine-focus magnification technique can prove ...
Rainer Schmitt, Ulrich Lanz, 2011
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Hand Surgery
The pisiform, as the patella, is a sesamoid bone enclosed in the sheath of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon (154,155): accordingly, it does not belong directly to the proximal carpal row (Fig. 11). It might stabilize the proximal carpal row indirectly ...
Richard A. Berger, Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, 2004
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The Osteology of Infants and Children
The proximal row (from lateral to medial in standard anatomical position) consists of the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, and pisiform (see figs. 9.1-9.4); the distal row consists of the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate (see figs. 9.5-9.8).
Brenda J. Baker, Tosha L. Dupras, Matthew W. Tocheri, 2005
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The Wrist: Diagnosis and Operative Treatment
Ligament avulsion fractures can also occur because the pisiform attaches distally to the hand and wrist by pisometacarpal, pisohamate, and pisotriquetral ligaments. The most frequent cause of pisiform fracture is a direct blow and not an ...
William P. Cooney, 2011
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The Human Bone Manual
The bone is distinguished from the trapezoid by its pisiform articulation, a single, circular, isolated, and elevated facet. Q Anatomical siding. The smallest of the three major articular surfaces is for the pisiform, on the palmar, medial surface of  ...
Tim D. White, Pieter A. Folkens, 2005
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Operative Techniques in Hand, Wrist, and Forearm Surgery
A, pisiform; B, hook of hamate. B. The ulnar neurovascular structures in the base of the hand after release of the volar carpal ligament. A, ulnar nerve; B, ulnar artery and vein; C, pisiform with origin of the hypothenar muscles. C. Fibrous arch  ...
Sam W. Wiesel, 2010
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The Muscle and Bone Palpation Manual with Trigger Points, ...
Figure 7-45 Pisiform and hook of the hamate: The pisiform is a carpal bone located anteriorly on top of the triquetrum, in the proximal row of carpals on the ulnar side. The pisiform is prominent and easily palpated on the anterior side of the ...
Joseph E. Muscolino, 2008
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Clinical Mastery in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain
The FR is attached medially to the pisiform and the hamulus of the hamate and laterally to the tuberosity of the scaphoid and the medial part of the palmar surface and the ridge of the trapezium. Palpation begins with the patient seated and ...
Lucy Whyte Ferguson, Robert Gerwin, 2005
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Postgraduate Companion in Orthopedics
Introduction The pisiform is a sesamoid bone in the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon ( Fig. 21.277). It means “pea-shaped”. This carpal bone is rare to fracture. Often pisiform fractures are associated with injuries of distal radius, hamate or triquetrum.
Samar Kumar Biswas, 2013
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Comparative Anatomy and Phylogeny of Primate Muscles and ...
humerus and ulna to the pisiform and to metacarpal V Jouffroy 1971, p. 142: usually in mammals and most primates the flexor carpi radialis inserts onto the pisiform, but in tree-shrews, lemuriforms, anthropoids and humans it also goes to  ...
Rui Diogo, Bernard A. Wood, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PISIFORM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pisiform is used in the context of the following news items.
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Darrell Miller Jr. upholds athletic family tradition through injury …
When he returned, he still had trouble swinging the bat, so he had to have his pisiform bone removed. The rehab process carried over into the ... «Daily Bruin, May 15»
2
Harrisburg Senators OF Drew Vettleson undergoes successful …
In 2014, the former first round draft pick was hit by a pitch in the Senators' ninth game of the season that broke the pisiform bone in his left wrist. «PennLive.com, Apr 15»
3
Tree of Life rewritten: Evolutionary timeline looks more like lollipop
The pisiform allowed bird wings to remain rigid on the upstroke. The study found it disappeared in bird-like dinosaurs, but modern birds later ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
4
The Role of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Carpal …
Median nerve enlargement (cross-sectional area ≥10 mm2 at the level of the pisiform bone or tunnel inlet) is the most commonly used parameter to diagnose ... «Medscape, Mar 15»
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Home » Yes » Say What? The Daily Mail Mucks It Up
One of these bones, a teeny one called the pisiform, disappeared in theropods. Then, evolution evolution evolution, and, eventually, birds. Bird wrists (yes, birds ... «Education World, Feb 15»
6
Death to Dollo's Law!
A wrist bone, the pisiform, disappeared in dinosaurs that had a relatively simpler forelimb; in their descendants, the birds, a new wrist bone ... «ScienceBlogs, Jan 15»
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Can evolution run BACKWARDS? Birds found to regrow dinosaur …
The pisiform allowed bird wings to remain rigid on the upstroke. The study found it disappeared in bird-like dinosaurs, but modern birds later ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
8
Are we not birds? We are DEVO
A bone called the pisiform, present in long-extinct four-legged ancestors but missing from the raptors, reemerged as an integral part of the bird ... «Al Jazeera America, Jan 15»
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The Wrists of Birds Reveal Evolution Undoing Itself
But in analyzing the development of the ulnare, Vargas showed that it is, in fact, the re-emergence of the pisiform. “While the physical expression of a gene may ... «Smithsonian, Jan 15»
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Taking the Freeze Out of Adhesive Capsulitis
Contact: While facing the patient's feet, use hand closest to them, and contact the contralateral TP with the pisiform. Next, while maintaining that contact, face the ... «Dynamic Chiropractic, Jan 15»

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