What it means
The root for the wrist and its eight small bones, the carpals. Carpal tunnel syndrome is pressure on the median nerve as it passes through a narrow space at the wrist, and the metacarpals are the five long bones of the palm, beyond the carpals.
At a glance
| Also written | carpo- |
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Related terms
phalang/o
A word part that means the phalanges, the bones of the fingers and toes.