carpus

[ kahr-puh s ]

/ 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.

Nearby words

carpoptosis, carport, carpospore, carpostome, carpsucker, carpus, carr, carracci, carrack, carrageen, carrageenan

Origin of carpus

1670–80; < New Latin < Greek karpós wrist

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Examples 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

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Word Origin and History for carpus

carpus

1670s, from Modern Latin carpus, from Greek karpos "wrist," from PIE *kwerp- "to turn, revolve" (see wharf).

Medicine 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.

Science 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.