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carpal

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl//ˈkɑɹ.pəl/

carpal noun: any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).

Noun

carpal (plural carpals)

  1. Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).

Adjective

carpal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the carpus.
  2. Of or pertaining to the obvious bend in a bird's wing.
    • The human wrist contains eight carpal bones and the hand has five metacarpals , but in birds just a couple of tiny carpal bones remain besides the carpometacarpus; these are the radiale and the ulnare, involved in the folding of the wrist joint.2020, Marianne Taylor, How Birds Work

carpal meaning in Tamil and Malay

carpal in Tamil

மணிக்கட்டு, மணிக்கட்டு எலும்பு, மணிக்கட்டுக்குரிய, மணிக்கட்டு எலும்பைச் சார்ந்த

carpal in Malay

any of the eight bones of the wrist
tulang pergelangan tangan, tulang karpus

Synonyms of carpal

Forms of carpal

pluralcarpals

Plural of carpal: carpals

Origin of carpal

From the Latin carpālis.

Words formed from carpal

Phrases with carpal

Words that rhyme with carpal

Questions about carpal

What does carpal mean?
Carpal means any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
What is carpal in Tamil?
Carpal in Tamil is மணிக்கட்டு, மணிக்கட்டு எலும்பு, மணிக்கட்டுக்குரிய. See Carpal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carpal?
Carpal can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce carpal?
Carpal is pronounced /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/.
What is the plural of carpal?
The plural of carpal is carpals.

Words near carpal in the dictionary

  1. CARPA
  2. carpaccio
  3. carpaccios
  4. carpaine
  5. carpaines
  6. carpal
  7. carpal angle
  8. carpal angles
  9. carpal bone
  10. carpal bones
  11. carpal canal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carpal (page history and authors); carpal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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