Word Study
carpus
CIDE DICTIONARY
carpus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. karpo`s wrist.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
carpus, n. (pl. carpi) the small bones between the forelimb and metacarpus in terrestrial vertebrates, forming the wrist in humans.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk karpos wrist
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