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cu⋅ne⋅i⋅form

  [kyoo-nee-uh-fawrm, kyoo-nee-uh-]
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–adjective
1. having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
2. composed of slim triangular or wedge-shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and others.
3. written in cuneiform characters: cuneiform inscription.
4. Anatomy. noting or pertaining to any of various wedge-shaped bones, as of the tarsus.
–noun
5. cuneiform characters or writing.
6. a cuneiform bone.
Also, cuniform.

Origin:
1670–80; < L cune(us) a wedge + -i- + -form
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cu·ne·i·form   (kyōō'nē-ə-fôrm', kyōō-nē'-)   
adj.  

  1. Wedge-shaped.

    1. Being a character or characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements and used in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing.

    2. Relating to, composed in, or using such characters.

  3. Anatomy Of, relating to, or being a wedge-shaped bone or cartilage.

n.  

  1. Writing typified by the use of characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements.

  2. Anatomy A wedge-shaped bone, especially one of three such bones in the tarsus of the foot.


[Latin cuneus, wedge + -form.]
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Word Origin & History

cuneiform 
1677, "wedge shaped," from Fr. cunéiforme, from L. cuneus "a wedge," of unknown origin + form. Applied 1818 to characters in ancient Middle Eastern inscriptions made with wedge-shaped writing tools.
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Main Entry: 1cu·ne·i·form
Pronunciation: kyu-'nE-&-"form, 'kyü-n(E-)&-
Function: adjective
1 : of,relating to, or being a cuneiform bone or cartilage
2 of a human skull : wedge-shaped as viewed from above

Main Entry: 2cuneiform
Function: noun
: a cuneiform bone or cartilage
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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cuneiform (ky&oomacr;'nē-ə-fôrm', ky&oomacr;-nē'-)
adj.

  1. Wedge-shaped.

  2. Of, relating to, or being a wedge-shaped bone or cartilage.

n.
A wedge-shaped bone, especially one of three such bones of the foot.

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