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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 847 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WRIST , in See also:

anatomy, the carpus or carpal See also:

ARTICULATION (from Lat. articulare, to divide into joints)

articulation in See also:

man, the See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint by which the See also:

hand is articulated with the fore-See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm (see ANATOMY: Superficial and See also:

ARTISTIC

Artistic; and See also:

SKELETON

SKELETON: Appendicular) . The word means by origin " that which turns," and is formed from the O . Eng. writan, to twist .

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