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The group of bones that make up the wrist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrist, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gliding joint, articulatio plana
Borrowed from New Latin carpus, from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
китка
(kitka)
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Catalan:
carp
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Dutch:
handwortelbeen
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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French:
carpe
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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German:
Handwurzel
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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German:
Carpus
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Hungarian:
kéztő
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Ido:
karpo
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Italian:
carpo
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Polish:
nadgarstek
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Portuguese:
carpo
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Russian:
запя́стье
(zapjástʹje)
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Spanish:
carpo
— the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Welsh:
carpws
— the group of bones that make up the wrist