carpal

car·pal  (kärpl)

adj.

Of, relating to, or near the carpus.

n.

A bone of the carpus.

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[New Latin carplis, from Greek karpos, wrist.]

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carpal

Noun

a wrist bone [Greek karpos wrist]

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carpal  (kärpl)

Adjective

Relating to or involving the wrist.

Noun

Any of the bones of the human wrist or the joint corresponding to the wrist in some other vertebrates, such as dinosaurs.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	carpal - any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates carpal bone, wrist bone bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates navicular, os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone - the largest wrist bone on the thumb side lunate bone, os lunatum, semilunar bone - one of the eight small wrist bones cuneiform bone, os triquetrum, pyramidal bone, triquetral, triquetral bone - a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones os pisiforme, pisiform, pisiform bone - a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral os trapezium, trapezium bone, trapezium - the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals os trapezoideum, trapezoid bone, trapezoid - the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum - the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus hamate, hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone - the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers articulatio radiocarpea, carpus, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint - a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
Adj.	1.	carpal - of or relating to the wrist; "Carpal tunnel syndrome"