carpal(n = noun.body) carpal bone, wrist bone - any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates;
is a kind of bone, os
is a part of articulatio radiocarpea, carpus, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint
has particulars: navicular, os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone, lunate bone, os lunatum, semilunar bone, cuneiform bone, os triquetrum, pyramidal bone, triquetral, triquetral bone, os pisiforme, pisiform, pisiform bone, os trapezium, trapezium, trapezium bone, os trapezoideum, trapezoid, trapezoid bone, capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum, hamate, hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone

   carpal(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to the wrist; "Carpal tunnel syndrome"
Derived form noun carpus₁

   Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. [1913 Webster]

carpal, adj. & n.
--adj. of or relating to the bones in the wrist.
--n. any of the bones forming the wrist.

Etymology:
CARPUS + -AL

carpal bone, carpal tunnel, carpal tunnel syndrome