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
carpus (plural carpi)
(skeleton) The group of bones that make up the wrist.
• arcs up, pucras
Source: Wiktionary
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
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
