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wrist-joint|ˈrɪstdʒɔɪnt|
[f. as prec. + joint n.]
The joint of the wrist; the radio-carpal articulation or joint: a. In man.
1634–5Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 47 The obstruction, which perhaps occasioned..that swelling in the wrist-joints. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 209 Wrist joint. This articulation..is formed by the junction of the hand and fore-arm. 1852Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 1507 The wrist-joint enjoys every [such] variety of motion. 1873T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 54 The extensors of the wrist-joint.
b. In birds.
a1843Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 327/1 The Radio-carpal bone..forms..a cap to the front of the Wrist-joint. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 31 Extension of the hand upon the wrist-joint increases and completes the unfolding of the wing. |