carpal
adjective
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L251800 on Wikidata ↗noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/ / /ˈkɑɹ.pəl/
adj
Etymology: From the Latin carpālis.
- Of or pertaining to the carpus.
- Of or pertaining to the obvious bend in a bird's wing.
“The human wrist contains eight carpal bones and the hand has five metacarpals , but in birds just a couple of tiny carpal bones remain besides the carpometacarpus; these are the radiale and the ulnare, involved in the folding of the wrist joint.”
noun
Etymology: From the Latin carpālis.
- Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).