CARPUS (carpi)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: carpi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpus mean? 

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

1. a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio radiocarpea; carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; wrist joint

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

articulatio plana; gliding joint (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)

Meronyms (parts of "carpus"):

carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)

carpal tunnel (a passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass)

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

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)

Derivation:

carpal (of or relating to the wrist)

 Context examples 

It consists of the carpus, metacarpus, and digits.

(Hand, NCI Thesaurus)

In the wrist it is located over the carpus and in the ankle across the front of the leg and over the joint.

(Anterior Annular Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)