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car⋅pal

  [kahr-puhl] Anatomy
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–adjective
1. pertaining to the carpus: the carpal joint.
–noun
2. a carpale.
Origin:
1735–45; < NL carpālis. See carpus, -al 1
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car⋅pa⋅le

  [kahr-pey-lee]
–noun, plural -li⋅a  [-lee-uh] . Anatomy.
any of the bones of the wrist.
Also, carpal.

Origin:
< NL, neut. of carpālis carpal
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car·pal   (kär'pəl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or near the carpus.
n.  A bone of the carpus.

[New Latin carpālis, from Greek karpos, wrist.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1car·pal
Pronunciation: 'kär-p&l
Function: adjective
: relating to the carpus

Main Entry: 2carpal
Function: noun
: a carpal element : CARPALE

Main Entry: car·pa·le
Pronunciation: kär-'pal-(")E, -'pAl-, -'päl-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural car·pa·lia /-E-&/
: a carpal bone; especially : one of the distal series articulating with the metacarpals
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carpal car·pal (kär'pəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or near the carpus. n.
Any of the bones of the carpus, including the scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate bones.

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carpal   (kär'pəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Adjective   Relating to or involving the wrist.

Noun   Any of the bones of the human wrist or the joint corresponding to the wrist in some other vertebrates, such as dinosaurs.
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