car|pal

car|pal
car|pal «KAHR puhl», adjective, noun.
–adjective.
of or having to do with the carpus, or wrist: »

carpal bones, a carpal fracture.

–noun.
a bone of the carpus.
[< New Latin carpalis < Greek karpós wrist]

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