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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any bone of the carpus or wrist.
  • noun A bone of the distal row of the carpus, articulating directly with the metacarpal bones.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.

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