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1. (n.) wrist
the lower part of the forearm, where it joins the hand.
2. wrist
the joint or articulation between the forearm and the hand.
3. wrist
the part of a garment that fits around the wrist.
Etymology: (bef. 950; ME, OE, c. MLG wrist, MHG rist wrist, instep, ON rist instep)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
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1. (noun) wrist
the part of your body between your hand and arm
a broken wrist
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Wrist
the joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus
2. (noun) Wrist
a stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Wrist
The region of the upper limb between the metacarpus and the FOREARM.
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Sense: the (part of the arm at the) joint between hand and forearm
I can't play tennis; – I've hurt my wrist.
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 Afrikaans: gewrig |
 Arabic: مِعْصَم، رُسْغ اليَد |
 Bulgarian: китка |
 Brazilian: pulso |
 Czech: zápěstí |
 German: das Handgelenk |
 Danish: håndled |
 Greek: καρπός |
 Spanish: muñeca |
 Estonian: ranne |
 Farsi: مچ دست |
 Finnish: ranne |
 French: poignet |
 Hebrew: פֶּרֶק כָּף הַיָד |
 Hindi: कलाई |
 Croatian: ručni zglob, zglavak |
 Hungarian: csukló |
 Indonesian: pergelangan tangan |
 Icelandic: úlnliður |
 Italian: polso |
 Japanese: 手首 |
 Korean: 손목 |
 Lithuanian: riešas |
 Latvian: plaukstas locītava |
 Malay: pergelangan tangan; |
 Dutch: pols |
 Norwegian: håndledd |
 Polish: przegub |
 Persian: مچ دست |
 Pashto: دلاس بند، مړوند |
 Portuguese: pulso |
 Romanian: încheietura mâinii |
 Russian: запястье |
 Slovak: zápästie |
 Slovenian: zapestje |
 Serbian: zglob |
 Swedish: handled |
 Thai: ข้อมือ |
 Turkish: bilek |
 Taiwanese: 手腕 |
 Ukrainian: зап'ясток |
 Urdu: کلاءی |
 Vietnamese: cổ tay |
 Chinese: 手腕 |
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