carpal
/ˈkɑɹ.pəl/ noun, adjective
Forms carpals
- noun (anatomy) Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
- adjective Of or pertaining to the carpus.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the obvious bend in a bird's wing.
Synonyms
carpal angle carpal bone carpal canal carpal tunnel syndrome wrist bone
Etymology
From the Latin carpālis.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.
- adjective One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale. Carpal angle (Zoöl.), the angle at the last joint of the folded wing of a bird.
Etymology [From Carpus.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “carpal”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details