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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carpus \Car"pus\, n.; pl {Carpi}. [NL., fr Gr ? wrist.]
(Anat.)
The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or
antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of
eight short bones disposed in two rows.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
carpus
n : a joint between the distal end of the radius and the
proximal row of carpal bones [syn: {wrist}, {wrist joint},
{radiocarpal joint}, {articulatio radiocarpea}]
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Carpus, fruit; fruitful
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