Car·pus n.; pl. Carpi   Anat. The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.
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  carpus
       n : a joint between the distal end of the radius and the
           proximal row of carpal bones [syn: wrist, wrist joint,
            radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea]
       [also: carpi (pl)]