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Noun: carpal bone
  1. Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
    - carpal, wrist bone

Derived forms: carpal bones

Type of: bone, os[2]

Part of: articulatio radiocarpea, carpus, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint

Encyclopedia: Carpal bone