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carpospore |
carposporic |
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carpus
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carpus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun carpus has 1 sense
- carpus(n = noun.body) articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint - a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones; Array has parts: carpal, carpal bone, wrist bone, carpal tunnel
is a part of arm
is a kind of articulatio plana, gliding joint
Derived form adjective carpal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
carpus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. karpo`s wrist.].
The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
carpus, n. (pl. carpi) the small bones between the forelimb and metacarpus in terrestrial vertebrates, forming the wrist in humans.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk karpos wrist
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