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carpus 1. the technical name for wrist 2. the eight small bones of the human wrist that form the joint between the arm and the hand 3. the corresponding joint in other tetrapod vertebrates carpus [′kär·pəs] (anatomy) The wrist in humans or the corresponding part in other vertebrates. The eight bones of the human wrist. (invertebrate zoology) The fifth segment from the base of a generalized crustacean appendage. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Here the papal or Catholic carpus is mortally poisoned by consumption of the fantastically transubstantiated corpus Domini and, in turn, infects the true, Reformed corpus ecclesiae (not to mention reipublicae) via perpetuation of this blasphemous anthropophagy or, more precisely, theophagy. The study population consisted of patients who were 50 years old or older and who had a fracture of the vertebrae, clavicle, humerus, radius or ulna, carpus, hip, ankle, or foot. This postsurgical category included subjects who underwent procedures such as carpal tunnel release, open reduction and internal fixation of the carpus or radius/ulna, limited carpal fusions, and tendon transfers. |
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