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carpus definition

car·pus (kär′pəs)

noun pl. carpi -·pi′ (-pī′)

Anat. the wrist, or the wrist bones

Etymology: ModL < Gr karpos, wrist < IE base *kwerp-, to turn > OE hweorfan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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