RADIOCARPAL JOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radiocarpal joint mean? 

• RADIOCARPAL JOINT (noun)
  The noun RADIOCARPAL JOINT has 1 sense:

1. a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

  Familiarity information: RADIOCARPAL JOINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIOCARPAL JOINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio radiocarpea; carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; wrist joint

Hypernyms ("radiocarpal joint" is a kind of...):

articulatio plana; gliding joint (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)

Meronyms (parts of "radiocarpal joint"):

carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)

carpal tunnel (a passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass)

Holonyms ("radiocarpal joint" is a part of...):

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)