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carpus
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[ˈkɑːpəs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the group of small bones between the main part of the forelimb and the metacarpus in terrestrial vertebrates. The eight bones of the human carpus form the wrist and part of the hand, and are arranged in two rows
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Origin
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late Middle English: from modern Latin, from Greek karpos ‘wrist’
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