CARPUS
\kˈɑːpəs], \kˈɑːpəs], \k_ˈɑː_p_ə_s]\
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The part between the fore-arm and hand. Eight bones compose it (in two rows). In the superior row there are, from without to within-the Scaphoides or navicula're, Luna're or semiluna're, Cuneifor'me, and Orbicula're or pisifor'me. In the lower row-Trape'zium, Trapezoi'des, Magnum, and Uncifor'me.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The wrist; that portion of the upper or anterior limb that lies between the forearm and the hand. In man the skeletal portion is composed of eight bones: the scaphoid, semilunar, cuneiform and pisiform bones, and the trapezium, trapezoid, os magnum, and unciform, arranged in two transverse rows. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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