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WRIST , in See also:anatomy, the carpus or carpal See also:articulation in See also:man, the See also:joint by which the See also:hand is articulated with the fore-See also:arm (see ANATOMY: Superficial and See also:Artistic; and See also:SKELETON: Appendicular) . The word means by origin " that which turns," and is formed from the O . Eng. writan, to twist . |
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