carpale

English

Etymology

From New Latin ōs carpāle, from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

Noun

carpale (plural carpalia)

1. (anatomy) A carpal, especially one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
   • 1891, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, page 201:

     […] this being the case the bone in question contains at any rate the centrale, and I see no reason why the carpale 2 should have quite disappeared.

   • 1973, Radomír Čihák, Ontogenesis of the skeleton and intrinsic muscles of the human hand and foot, page 36:

     This indicates that the pisiform is really a secondary component which became the carpale during phylogenesis.

   • 2012, Jin Bo Tang, Peter C. Amadio, Jean Claude Guimberteau, Tendon Surgery of the Hand, page 10:

     The dorsal interossei are sometimes found to originate more proximal at the base of the metacarpals or even at the carpalia.

Related terms

• carpal

Translations

bone of the carpus — see carpal

References

• “carpale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Paracel, pal care

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈpa.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: car‧pà‧le

Adjective

carpale m or f by sense (plural carpali)

1. (anatomy) carpal

Related terms

• carpo

Anagrams

• placare

Latin

Adjective

carpāle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of carpālis