ectocuneiform (ektokuneiform)

and n. [ Union of the navicular and cuboid, and sometimes the ectocuneiform bone, of the tarsus. W. H. Flower, Encyc. Brit., XV. 430. II. n. The outermost one of the three cuneiform or wedge-shaped bones of the distal row of tarsal bones; the ectocuneiform or ectosphenoid bone of the foot. See cut under foot . ectocuneiforme (ek-to-ku ne-i-fôr'mē), n.; pl. ectocuneiformia (-mi-ä). [NL., ἐκτός , without, + NL. cunei for me, the cuneiform bone.] Same as ectocuneiform .