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Carpal

Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.

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Bone 76% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

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Capitate 76% connected

Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

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Hamate 76% connected

Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

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Navicular 76% connected

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.

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Pisiform 76% connected

Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform iron ore.

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Trapezium 76% connected

A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.

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Trapezoid 76% connected

A plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to each other.

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Triquetral 76% connected

Triquetrous.

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Derivationally related 2

Carpus 74% connected

The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed i…

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Carpus 74% connected

The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed i…

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Containing whole 2

Carpus 70% connected

The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed i…

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Wrist 70% connected

The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.

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Carpus 66% connected

The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed i…

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