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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
Etymology
Noun
carpus (plural carpi)
(skeleton) The group of bones that make up the wrist.
Anagrams
• 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
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