Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).

    Handwurzelknochen

    запястная костьzapjastnaja kostʹ

    any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome.

  2. Tom was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome.

  3. My wrist and forearm hurt, I think I might be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
any of the eight bones of the wrist:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any of the eight bones of the wrist:

Origin

From the Latin carpālis.

From the Latin carpālis.

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Forms

plural: carpals
Singularcarpal
Pluralcarpals

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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