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carpal tunnel

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carpal tunnel  
n.  A passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands and fingers pass.
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Main Entry: carpal tunnel
Function: noun
: a passage between the flexor retinaculum of the hand and the carpal bones that is sometimes a site of compression of the mediannerve
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carpal tunnel n.
The space between the flexor retinaculum of the wrist and the carpal bones, through which the median nerve and the flexor tendons of the fingers and thumb pass.

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