'Carpus' definitions:
Definition of 'carpus'
From: WordNet
noun
A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones [syn: wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea]
Definition of 'Carpus'
From: GCIDE
- Carpus \Car"pus\ (k[aum]r"p[u^]s), n.; pl. Carpi (k[aum]r"p[imac]). [NL., fr. Gr. karpo`s wrist.] (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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Carpus'
From: Hitchcock
- Carpus, fruit; fruitful