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carpal bone

carpal bone noun: any of the eight bones of the carpus or wrist: those being the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezoid, and trapezium bones.

carpal bone: any of the eight bones of the carpus or wrist: those being the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral,...
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Noun

carpal bone (plural carpal bones)

  1. Any of the eight bones of the carpus or wrist: those being the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezoid, and trapezium bones.

Forms of carpal bone

pluralcarpal bones

Questions about carpal bone

What does carpal bone mean?
Carpal bone means any of the eight bones of the carpus or wrist: those being the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezoid, and trapezium bones.
What part of speech is carpal bone?
Carpal bone is a noun.
What is the plural of carpal bone?
The plural of carpal bone is carpal bones.

Words near carpal bone in the dictionary

  1. carpaine
  2. carpaines
  3. carpal
  4. carpal angle
  5. carpal angles
  6. carpal bone
  7. carpal bones
  8. carpal canal
  9. carpal canals
  10. carpal tunnel
  11. carpal tunnel syndrome

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