carpus

[ kahr-puhs ]

/ ˈkɑr pəs /

noun, plural car·pi [kahr-pahy]. /ˈkɑr paɪ/. Anatomy.

the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.

the wrist bones collectively; the group of bones between the bones of the hand and the radius.

Origin of carpus

1670–80; <New Latin <Greek karpós wrist

Words nearby carpus

carport, carpospore, carpostome, -carpous, carpsucker, carpus, Carr, Carracci, carrack, carrageen, carrageenan

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Example sentences from the Web for carpus

These characters with regard to the carpus and tarsus do not hold in Macrauchenia and its allies.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
In Chelonians, the turtle and tortoise group, the characters of the carpus vary with the family.
Dragons of the Air|H. G. Seeley
The genus further agrees with the Artiodactyles in the structure of the carpus.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when thou comest, and the books, especially the parchments.
The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles|Alfred Plummer

The inferior extremity articulates with the carpus by a surface which is directed obliquely downwards and inwards.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals|douard Cuyer

British Dictionary definitions for carpus

carpus

/ (ˈkɑːpəs) /

noun plural -pi (-paɪ)

the technical name for wrist

the eight small bones of the human wrist that form the joint between the arm and the hand

the corresponding joint in other tetrapod vertebrates

Word Origin for carpus

C17: New Latin, from Greek karpos

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for carpus

carpus

[ kär′pəs ]

n. pl. car•pi (-pī′)

The group of eight carpal bones and associated soft parts forming the joint between the forearm and the hand, articulating with the radius and indirectly with the ulna, and with the five metacarpal bones.wrist

The carpal bones considered as a group.

Scientific definitions for carpus

carpus

[ kär′pəs ]

Plural carpi (kär′pī′)

The group of eight bones lying between the forearm and the metacarpals and forming the wrist in humans.

The group of bones making up the joint corresponding to the wrist in some vertebrates, such as dinosaurs.

单词	carpus
释义	carpus [ kahr-puhs ] / ˈkɑr pəs / noun, plural car·pi [kahr-pahy]. /ˈkɑr paɪ/. Anatomy. the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist. the wrist bones collectively; the group of bones between the bones of the hand and the radius. Origin of carpus 1670–80; <New Latin <Greek karpós wrist Words nearby carpus carport, carpospore, carpostome, -carpous, carpsucker, carpus, Carr, Carracci, carrack, carrageen, carrageenan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for carpus These characters with regard to the carpus and tarsus do not hold in Macrauchenia and its allies. The Vertebrate Skeleton\|Sidney H. Reynolds In Chelonians, the turtle and tortoise group, the characters of the carpus vary with the family. Dragons of the Air\|H. G. Seeley The genus further agrees with the Artiodactyles in the structure of the carpus. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia\|Frank Evers Beddard The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when thou comest, and the books, especially the parchments. The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles\|Alfred Plummer The inferior extremity articulates with the carpus by a surface which is directed obliquely downwards and inwards. Artistic Anatomy of Animals\|douard Cuyer British Dictionary definitions for carpus carpus / (ˈkɑːpəs) / noun plural -pi (-paɪ) the technical name for wrist the eight small bones of the human wrist that form the joint between the arm and the hand the corresponding joint in other tetrapod vertebrates Word Origin for carpus C17: New Latin, from Greek karpos Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for carpus carpus [ kär′pəs ] n. pl. car•pi (-pī′) The group of eight carpal bones and associated soft parts forming the joint between the forearm and the hand, articulating with the radius and indirectly with the ulna, and with the five metacarpal bones.wrist The carpal bones considered as a group. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for carpus carpus [ kär′pəs ] Plural carpi (kär′pī′) The group of eight bones lying between the forearm and the metacarpals and forming the wrist in humans. The group of bones making up the joint corresponding to the wrist in some vertebrates, such as dinosaurs. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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