'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