- plural of carpus.
carpi
Americannoun
noun
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Spieth has been dealing with an injury to his extensor carpi ulnaris, a major tendon in the wrist.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Msituni suffered from hyperextended carpi — wrist joint bones in giraffes’ front limbs, which are more like arms.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2022
The flexor carpi ulnaris, for instance, is a muscle in the forearm that bends the wrist — exactly as its name suggests.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
The flexor carpi ulnaris may also be anastomosed with the common extensor of the fingers.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The soft parts at the radial side are to be carefully dissected up, and the tendon of the extensor carpi radialis longior divided at its insertion.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
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