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uncinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

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From Latin uncīnātus, from uncīnus (“hook, barb”).

biuncinate subuncinate uncinately uncinectomy

uncinate fasciculus uncinate process

unciform uncinal uncinus

What does uncinate mean?: Hooked at the end.
Where does uncinate come from?: From Latin uncīnātus, from uncīnus (“hook, barb”).

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