carpal

2 definitions found

carpal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carpal \Car"pal\, a. [From Carpus.] (Anat.)
     Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. -- n. One of the
     bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Carpal angle (Zool.), the angle at the last joint of the
        folded wing of a bird.
        [1913 Webster]

carpal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  carpal
      adj 1: of or relating to the wrist; "Carpal tunnel syndrome"
      n 1: any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates [syn:
           carpal bone, carpal, wrist bone]