carpal
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/
- (US) enPR: kärʹ pəl, IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹ.pəl/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəl
- Homophone: carpel
Noun
carpal (plural carpals)
Synonyms
Translations
any of the eight bones of the wrist
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Adjective
carpal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the carpus.
- Of or pertaining to the obvious bend in a bird's wing.
- 2020, Marianne Taylor, How Birds Work:
- 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.