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WRIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
Synonyms:
articulatio radiocarpea; carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; wrist joint
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wrist" is a kind of...):
articulatio plana; gliding joint (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)
Meronyms (parts of "wrist"):
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 ("wrist" 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)
Context examples:
The structure on the upper limb, between the elbow and the wrist.
(Forearm, NCI Thesaurus)
It dropped at the wrist, as if it were broken.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Any of the five bones between the wrist and the fingers that form the skeleton of the palm.
(Metacarpal Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
As he spoke he rushed forward, and, throwing the lad to one side, caught the woman's wrist.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Get ’im by the wrists, Jim!
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Other causes include performing assembly line work, wrist injury, or swelling due to certain diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
(Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
As he moved, a chain clanked; to his wrists were attached fetters.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
As it is, I feel that young man’s grip on my throat now, and the father has twisted my wrist round in the effort to get the paper out of my hand.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Most giant cell tumors occur at the ends of the long bones of the arms and legs, near a joint (such as the knee, wrist, hip, or shoulder).
(Giant cell tumor, NCI Dictionary)
Entrapment of the median nerve in the wrist that is characterized by numbness, tingling and painful movement.
(Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
