carpus

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.pəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.pəs/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəs

carpus (plural carpi)

1. (anatomy) The group of bones that make up the wrist.

• carpal
• carpal bone
• carpel

• arcs up, pucras

From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pus/, [ˈkärpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pus/, [ˈkärpus]

carpus m (genitive carpī); second declension

1. (New Latin, anatomy) carpus, wrist
   • 1706, Philip Verheyen, Corporis humani anatomia, Tractatus VI Caput XIII, page 270:

     […] sic ut circa carpum appareant quatuor distincti tendines, qui per omnia quatuor digitorum internodia quadantenus extenduntur.

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Second-declension noun.

• carpālis

• English: carpus