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Princeton's WordNet
wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea(noun)
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
Wiktionary
wrist(Noun)
The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in narrow sense.
Etymology: wristiz, whence also Old High German *, Old Norse rist
Webster Dictionary
Wrist(noun)
the joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus
Etymology: [OE. wriste, wrist, AS. wrist; akin to OFries. wriust, LG. wrist, G. rist wrist, instep, Icel. rist instep, Dan. & Sw. vrist, and perhaps to E. writhe.]
Wrist(noun)
a stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin
Etymology: [OE. wriste, wrist, AS. wrist; akin to OFries. wriust, LG. wrist, G. rist wrist, instep, Icel. rist instep, Dan. & Sw. vrist, and perhaps to E. writhe.]
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Wrist
In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as 1 the carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; the wrist joint or radiocarpal joint, the joint between the radius and the carpus; and the anatomical region surrounding the carpus including the distal parts of the bones of the forearm and the proximal parts of the metacarpus or five metacarpal bones and the series of joints between these bones, thus referred to as wrist joints. This region also includes the carpal tunnel, the anatomical snuff box, the flexor retinaculum, and the extensor retinaculum. As a consequence of these various definitions, fractures to the carpal bones are referred to as carpal fractures, while fractures such as distal radius fracture are considered fractures to the wrist.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wrist
rist, n. the joint by which the hand is united to the arm: a stud or pin projecting from the side of a crank.—ns. Wrist′band, the band or part of a sleeve which covers the wrist; Wrist′-drop, inability to extend the hand, often caused by lead-poisoning; Wrist′let, an elastic band used to confine the upper part of a glove to the wrist: a bracelet: (slang) a handcuff; Wrist′-plate, an oscillating plate bearing wrist-pins for the connection of rods or pitmans, as on the cut-off gear of an engine; Wrist′-pin, any pin connecting a pitman to a cross-head; Wrist′-shot, in golf, a short stroke usually played with an iron, from the wrist, without swinging the club over the shoulder. [A.S. wrist—wríthan, to twist; Ger. rist.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Wrist
The region of the upper limb between the metacarpus and the FOREARM.
Editors Contribution
wrist
A type of joint connected to the hand in a human being.
Our wrists vary in size according to the size of each human being.
Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020
British National Corpus
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wrist in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wrist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of wrist in a Sentence
A fine in the low billions of dollars would amount to a slap on the wrist for Facebook. Tonight, we learned that's how Wall Street sees it too - as a slap on the wrist. If the FTC won't act, Congress has to.
College kids aren't going to get a slap on the wrist if they defy the rules, they could risk suspension or expulsion, and parents could risk serious financial consequences. As we saw last spring when the pandemic began, there's no guarantee you will get your money back.
I have more range of motion with my wrist, shaking hands didn't hurt anymore, my wrist seems to continue to improve, and there's less and less pain all the time.
We noticed that operators were moving away from that, they want to have cellphones and tablets. So what did we do? We created a wrist mount so that they can put their mobile phone devices right there.
I have never used a prosthesis before, they made me several prostheses until this one suited me. It moves when I move my wrist.
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- pulsAfrikaans
- معصم, رسغArabic
- запясцеBelarusian
- киткаBulgarian
- canellCatalan, Valencian
- zápěstíCzech
- håndledDanish
- HandgelenkGerman
- καρπόςGreek
- pojnoEsperanto
- muñecaSpanish
- ranneEstonian
- مچ دست, مچPersian
- ranneFinnish
- poignetFrench
- caol-dùirnScottish Gaelic
- פרקHebrew
- कलाईHindi
- csuklóHungarian
- դաստակArmenian
- úlnliðurIcelandic
- polsoItalian
- 手首Japanese
- მაჯაGeorgian
- 손목, 팔목Korean
- zend, bask, meçekKurdish
- carpusLatin
- riešasLithuanian
- plaukstas locītavaLatvian
- मनगटMarathi
- pergelangan tanganMalay
- håndleddNorwegian
- polsDutch
- handleddNorwegian Nynorsk
- nadgarstekPolish
- punho, pulsoPortuguese
- încheietura mâiniiRomanian
- запястьеRussian
- bilo, zapestje, zapešćaj, zapešće, doručje, zglavakSerbo-Croatian
- zápestieSlovak
- zapestjeSlovene
- doreAlbanian
- handledSwedish
- మణికట్టుTelugu
- ข้อมือThai
- goşar, bilekTurkmen
- galanggalanganTagalog
- bilekTurkish
- зап'ястяUkrainian
- کلایٔUrdu
- cổ tayVietnamese
- rietVolapük
- isihlahlaXhosa
- 腕Chinese
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