Definitions for carpals

carpals car·pal

Spelling: [kahr-puh l]
IPA: /ˈkɑr pəl/

Carpals is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in carpals (aaclprs).

Definitions for carpals

noun

  1. a carpale.

adjective

  1. pertaining to the carpus:

Origin of carpals

From the New Latin word carpālis, dating back to 1735-45. See carpus, -al1

Examples for carpals

The tarsal bones of the Turtle do not retain their primitive arrangement to such an extent as do the carpals.

carpals: Five; two on ulna side, two median and one on radial side in line with first metacarpal.

Metacarpal I oblong, or rather conical, with a lateral enlargement, and situated in line with the distal row of carpals.

The carpals however interlock to a slight extent, and the corner of the magnum reaches the scaphoid.

The third segment consists of nine small bones, the carpals of the wrist or the tarsals of the ankle.

All the carpals of the proximal row—the scaphoid, lunar and cuneiform—are united, forming a single bone.

There is only one row of carpals present (the proximal row of other tetrapods).

The carpals, tarsals, metacarpals, and metatarsals are all free.

These are the actinosts (carpals or pterygials), which support the rays of the pectoral fin .

The radius and the ulna are completely separated, as are the carpals.

Word Value for carpals
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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