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3 definitions found 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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