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Definition of carpal noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

carpal

noun
 
/ˈkɑːpl/
 
/ˈkɑːrpl/
(anatomy)
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  1. any of the eight small bones that form the wrist (= part between the hand and the arm)
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from carpus (from modern Latin, from Greek karpos ‘wrist’) + -al
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