CARPAL TUNNEL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("carpal tunnel" is a kind of...):

passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass)

Holonyms ("carpal tunnel" is a part of...):

articulatio radiocarpea; carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; wrist joint (a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones)

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