Carpus

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:22:22

Car"pus (?), n.; pl. Carpi (#). [NL., fr. Gr. wrist.] Anat.

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.

 

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