CARPI

CARPUS

wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea

(noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

carpi

plural of carpus

Anagrams

• Capri, capri, picra

Source: Wiktionary


CARPUS

Car"pus, n.; pl. Carpi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Definition: The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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