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CARPAL TUNNEL
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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:
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)