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cu⋅boid

   [kyoo-boid]
–adjective
1. Also, cu⋅boi⋅dal. resembling a cube in form.
2. Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the outermost bone of the distal row of tarsal bones.
–noun
3. Mathematics. a rectangular parallelepiped.
4. Anatomy. the cuboid bone.
Origin:
1700–10; < Gk kyboeids cubelike. See cube 1 , -oid
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cu·boid     (kyōō'boid')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Having the approximate shape of a cube.

n.  
  1. Anatomy A tarsal bone on the outer side of the foot in front of the calcaneus and behind the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones.
  2. Mathematics A rectangular parallelepiped.

cu·boi'dal (kyōō-boid'l) adj.
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cuboid

adjective
1. shaped like a cube [syn: cubelike] 

noun
1. a rectangular parallelepiped 

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Cuboid

Cu"boid\ (k?"boid), a. [Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. ???.] (Anat.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot. -- n. (Anat.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.

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