carpus noun. ['kɑ:pǝs] Pl. -pi [-pʌɪ]. LME.
[mod. Latin from Greek karpos wrist.]
The part of the human skeleton between the forearm and the metacarpus, consisting of eight small bones and forming the wrist; Zoology the corresponding part in other tetrapods (e.g. the knee of a horse).

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