Usually means: Pertaining to bones in wrist.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. carpal: Merriam-Webster
  2. carpal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carpal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. carpal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. carpal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Carpal, carpal: Wordnik
  7. carpal: Wiktionary
  8. carpal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. carpal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. carpal: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. carpal: Dictionary.com
  12. carpal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Carpal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Carpal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. carpal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. carpal: Rhymezone
  17. Carpal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. carpal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. carpal: FreeDictionary.org
  20. carpal: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. carpal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. carpal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. carpal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. carpal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Carpal: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. -carpal, carpal: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. carpal: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (carpal)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to the carpus.
▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to the obvious bend in a bird's wing.

Similar:
carpal bone, wrist bone, wristbone, sincarpal, carpal angle, coccus, cuneiform, caruncula, carpoptosis, ectocuneiform, more...

Opposite:
tarsal, pedal, plantar

Phrases:
carpal tunnel, Carpal bones, carpal bone, carpal joint, carpal canal, more...

Adjectives:
radial, distal, posterior, dorsal, anterior, ulnar, proximal, palmar, first, second, accessory
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Similar:
carpal bone, wrist bone, wristbone, sincarpal, carpal angle, coccus, cuneiform, caruncula, carpoptosis, ectocuneiform, more...

Opposite:
tarsal, pedal, plantar

Phrases:
carpal tunnel, Carpal bones, carpal bone, carpal joint, carpal canal, carpal joints, carpal ligaments, Carpal tunnel syndrome, carpal fracture, carpal angle, carpal sheath, carpal pad, more...

Adjectives:
radial, distal, posterior, dorsal, anterior, ulnar, proximal, palmar, first, second, accessory



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