Meanings
plural carpals
- anatomyAny of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
Synonyms: carpal bone, carpal canal, carpal tunnel syndrome
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the carpus.
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the obvious bend in a bird's wing.
The human wrist contains eight carpal bones and the hand has five metacarpals , but in birds just a couple of tiny carpal bones remain besides the carpometacarpus; these are the radiale and the ulnare, involved in the folding of the wrist joint.
2020, Marianne Taylor, How Birds Work
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
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Origin
- Latincarpālis
- Englishcarpal
From the Latin carpālis.
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Bulgarian киткова кост, китков
- киткова кост (kitkova kost)any of the eight bones of the wrist
- китков (kitkov)of or pertaining to the carpus
Catalan carpià, carpià
- carpiàany of the eight bones of the wrist
- carpiàof or pertaining to the carpus
Finnish ranneluu
- ranneluuany of the eight bones of the wrist
French carpien
- carpienany of the eight bones of the wrist
German Handwurzelknochen
- Handwurzelknochenany of the eight bones of the wrist
Hungarian kéztőcsont
- kéztőcsontany of the eight bones of the wrist
Latin os carpī, manus
- os carpīany of the eight bones of the wrist
- manusany of the eight bones of the wrist
- carpālisof or pertaining to the carpus
Malay tulang pergelangan tangan, tulang karpus
- tulang pergelangan tanganany of the eight bones of the wrist
- tulang karpusany of the eight bones of the wrist
Polish kość nadgarstka, nadgarstkowy
- kość nadgarstkaany of the eight bones of the wrist
- nadgarstkowyof or pertaining to the carpus
Portuguese carpal
- carpalof or pertaining to the carpus
Russian запястная кость, запястный
- запястная кость (zapjastnaja kostʹ)any of the eight bones of the wrist
- запястный (zapjastnyj)of or pertaining to the carpus
Spanish carpiano
- carpianoof or pertaining to the carpus
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
carpal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpal
“carpal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carpal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpal.
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