Carpale

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A carpal, especially one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.

    "[…] this being the case the bone in question contains at any rate the centrale, and I see no reason why the carpale 2 should have quite disappeared."

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"[…] this being the case the bone in question contains at any rate the centrale, and I see no reason why the carpale 2 should have quite disappeared."

Etymology

From New Latin ōs carpāle, from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

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