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See also: Carpus
English
Etymology
From New Latin carpus, from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.pəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹ.pəs/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəs
Noun
carpus (plural carpi)
Derived terms
Translations
the group of bones that make up the wrist
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkar.pʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkar.pus]
Noun
carpus m (genitive carpī); second declension
- (New Latin, anatomy) carpus, wrist
- 1706, Philip Verheyen, Corporis humani anatomia, Tractatus VI Caput XIII, page 270:
- […] sic ut circa carpum appareant quatuor distincti tendines, qui per omnia quatuor digitorum internodia quadantenus extenduntur.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
Carpus is a New Latin term. Classical Latin had no specific word for “wrist”, as it was considered part of the manus, which included not only the hand but also the wrist and the distal part of the forearm. Aulus Cornelius Celsus explains Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós) as prīma palmae pars (literally “first part of the hand”); other expressions that can be used if necessary to differentiate the wrist from the rest of the hand are prīmōris manus (literally “foremost hand”) and articulus manūs (literally “joint of the hand”).
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: carpus
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