unciform 1. Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike. 2. Unciform bone, a bone of the carpus (wrist) at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals (five cylindrical bones extending from the wrist to the fingers); the hamatum (curved or hook-form). Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2225/