cuboid, cuboidal

cuboid, cuboidal
1. Resembling a cube in shape. 2. Relating to the os cuboideum. [G. kybos, cube, + eidos, resemblance]

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  • cuboid — /kyooh boyd/, adj. 1. Also, cuboidal. 2. resembling a cube in form. 3. Anat. noting or pertaining to the outermost bone of the distal row of tarsal bones. n. 4. Math. a rectangular parallelepiped. 5. Anat. the cuboid bone. [1700 10; < Gk… …   Universalium

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