CARPAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpal mean? 

• CARPAL (noun)
  The noun CARPAL has 1 sense:

1. any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates

  Familiarity information: CARPAL used as a noun is very rare.

• CARPAL (adjective)
  The adjective CARPAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the wrist

  Familiarity information: CARPAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone

Hypernyms ("carpal" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carpal"):

navicular; os scaphoideum; scaphoid bone (the largest wrist bone on the thumb side)

lunate bone; os lunatum; semilunar bone (one of the eight small wrist bones)

cuneiform bone; os triquetrum; pyramidal bone; triquetral; triquetral bone (a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones)

os pisiforme; pisiform; pisiform bone (a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral)

os trapezium; trapezium; trapezium bone (the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals)

os trapezoideum; trapezoid; trapezoid bone (the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones)

capitate; capitate bone; os capitatum (the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus)

hamate; hamate bone; os hamatum; unciform bone (the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers)

Holonyms ("carpal" is a part of...):

articulatio radiocarpea; carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; wrist joint (a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones)

• CARPAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the wrist

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Pertainym:

carpus (a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones)

Derivation:

carpus (a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones)

 Context examples 

The medial bone in the distal row of carpal bones.

(Hamate Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the four blood vessels arising from the dorsal carpal arch that runs down the posterior side of the second, third, and fourth interosseous muscles of the hand.

(Dorsal Metacarpal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The synovial joints between the carpal and metacarpal bones in the hand.

(Carpometacarpal Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

The bone in the proximal row of carpal bones that lies between the scaphoid and triquetral bones.

(Lunate Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

A carpal bone which is located between the scaphoid and triquelateral bones.

(Lunate Bone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The medial bone of the proximal row of carpal bones.

(Pisiform Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

Still others are from nerve compression, like carpal tunnel syndrome or thoracic outlet syndrome.

(Peripheral Nerve Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

It arises from the radial artery and forms an anastomosis with the ulnar anterior carpal artery.

(Anterior Carpal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Your doctor diagnoses carpal tunnel syndrome with a physical exam and special nerve tests.

(Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Entrapment of the MEDIAN NERVE in the carpal tunnel, which is formed by the flexor retinaculum and the CARPAL BONES.

(Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)