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Definition of Carpal
1. Noun. Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates.
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os
Specialized synonyms: Navicular, Os Scaphoideum, Scaphoid Bone, Lunate Bone, Os Lunatum, Semilunar Bone, Cuneiform Bone, Os Triquetrum, Pyramidal Bone, Triquetral, Triquetral Bone, Os Pisiforme, Pisiform, Pisiform Bone, Os Trapezium, Trapezium, Trapezium Bone, Os Trapezoideum, Trapezoid, Trapezoid Bone, Capitate, Capitate Bone, Os Capitatum, Hamate, Hamate Bone, Os Hamatum, Unciform Bone
Group relationships: Articulatio Radiocarpea, Carpus, Radiocarpal Joint, Wrist, Wrist Joint
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the wrist. "Carpal tunnel syndrome"
Definition of Carpal
1. a. Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.
Definition of Carpal
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carpal
1. carpale [n -S] - See also: carpale
Medical Definition of Carpal
1. Relating to the carpus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpal
Literary usage of Carpal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The line of the radio-carpal joint is on a level with the apex of the styloid
process of the ulna. The wrist-joint is occasionally the scat of acute ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The two rows of carpal bones are united by dorsal, palmar, ... The synovia!
cavity of the carpal articulations is extensive and complicated. ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"At the lower part of the forearm it anastomoses with the termination of the volar
interosseous artery, and with the dorsal carpal network. ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Ecchymosis is rare in the single scaphoid injury and usually suggests an associated
lesion. The lower carpal syndrome, corresponding to the os ..."
5. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1866)
"DISLOCATIONS OF THE carpal BONES BACKWARDS. forearm below the middle, and at the
same time, as he affirms, partially dislocated the carpal bones backwards. ..."
6. Treatise on fractures by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1916)
"The carpal bones are irregularly shaped and take their names from objects which they
... The carpal ligaments join the bones of the forearm, the carpal and ..."
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