carpometacarpal

[ kahr-puh-met-uh-kahr-puhl, -met-uh-kahr- ]

adjective

1. Anatomy. of or relating to the carpus and the metacarpus.
2. Ornithology. of or relating to the carpometacarpus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpometacarpal¹

First recorded in 1830–40; carpo- ² + metacarpal

Example Sentences

Evidence for intraspecific combat in some fossil birds is strongly suggested by the presence of carpometacarpal spurs, clubs and other structures highly similar to structures used in combat in living species.

From Scientific American

Randy Bindra, a hand surgeon at Loyola University Medical Center, explained the typical recovery process from surgery to repair a Bennett's fracture, which is a fracture of the base of the first metacarpal bone running into the carpometacarpal joint.

From Chicago Tribune

Anatomy.—The carpal bones as they articulate with one another and with the radius and metacarpal bones, as classed by anatomists, form three distinct articular parts of the joint as a whole and are known as radiocarpal, intercarpal and carpometacarpal.

From Project Gutenberg

The carpometacarpal portion of the articulation is the part which is usually affected.

From Project Gutenberg