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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpeanoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. wristnoun

    The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in narrow sense.

  2. Etymology: wristiz, whence also Old High German *, Old Norse rist

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. WRISTnoun

    The joint by which the hand is joined to the arm.

    Etymology: wyrst , Saxon.

    He took me by the wrist, and held me hard. William Shakespeare.

    The brawn of the arm must appear full, shadowed on one side; then shew the wrist-bone thereof. Henry Peacham.

    The axillary artery, below the cubit, divideth unto two parts; the one running along the radius, and passing by the wrist, or place of the pulse, is at the fingers subdivided unto three branches. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

Wikipedia

  1. 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; (2) the wrist joint or radiocarpal joint, the joint between the radius and the carpus and; (3) 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, bracelet lines, 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 often considered fractures to the wrist.

ChatGPT

  1. wrist

    The wrist is the joint located between the hand and the forearm, comprising multiple small bones called carpals, tendons, ligaments, and muscles. It enables flexible movement of the hand, allowing for activities such as grasping, gripping, and rotating.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wristnoun

    the joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus

  2. Wristnoun

    a stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin

  3. 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.]

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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. wristwríthan, to twist; Ger. rist.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Wrist

    The region of the upper limb between the metacarpus and the FOREARM.

Editors Contribution

  1. 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  

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    Rank popularity for the word 'wrist' in Nouns Frequency: #2293

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrist in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of wrist in a Sentence

  1. Rachel Zoe:

    I tend to really like dramatic jewelry like earrings that graze my shoulders and big cocktail rings, i typically have a stack of bracelets on each wrist that mean something special to me. I never take off my Cartier Juste Un Clou which is engraved with my son's initials and was a gift from my husband when he was born.

  2. Cyrus Iarrobino:

    The hand surgeon said I was a quarter of an inch going through my entire wrist.

  3. Ken Meeks:

    It’s hard enough to get up in the morning and go through this tedious process of getting dressed and getting a cup of coffee. Then to do therapy is difficult. More mentally than physically. You do repetitive things — gross motor movement, something for the fingers, then something for the wrist. Repetitiveness is the key to all of this.

  4. Tim Cook:

    AppleWatch revolutionized what a watch can do, today, its incredible what Apple Watch can do, straight from your wrist.

  5. Elizabeth Smith:

    He went in with eight gunshot wounds, a broken thumb/wrist, fractured jaw, split tongue, missing teeth, two collapsed lungs, and almost completely devoid of blood.

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