WRIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wrist mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRIST (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 ("wrist" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "wrist"):

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 ("wrist" 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)

 Context examples 

A question about whether an individual has or had limited movement of their wrist.

(Have Limited Movement of Elbow, NCI Thesaurus)

The double line a little above the wrist, where the typewritist presses against the table, was beautifully defined.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The most commonly affected joints are the knee, elbow, wrist, and ankle.

(Oligoarticular Still Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Another quiet day, and to bed with the key on my wrist as before.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It can also attack ankles, heels, knees, wrists, fingers, and elbows.

(Gout, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Most GCTs occur at the ends of the long bones of the arms and legs, near a joint (such as the knee, wrist, hip, or shoulder).

(GCT, NCI Dictionary)

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Extremity Movements, Upper (arms, wrists, hands, fingers).

(AIMS - Upper Extremities, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the arteries that deliver blood to the wrist.

(Anterior Carpal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

He caught me first by the wrist and then by the throat.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The surgeon takes a healthy piece of vein from the leg or artery from the chest or wrist.

(Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)