wrist breadth

wrist breadth

[′rist ′bredth]
(anthropology)
A measurement from the outside projection of the distal part of the ulna to the radius at the wrist joint.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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