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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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Medical Dictionary

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

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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