carpal tunnel

English

Noun

carpal tunnel (countable and uncountable, plural carpal tunnels)

(countable, anatomy) A fibro-osseous passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the distal forearm to the middle compartment of the deep plane of the palm.
Synonym: carpal canal
(uncountable, informal) Clipping of carpal tunnel syndrome.
He played that rhythm game so much he got carpal tunnel.

Derived terms

carpal tunnel syndrome

Translations

passageway on the palmar side of the wrist

Catalan: túnel carpià
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腕管 (wànguǎn)
Dutch: Carpaletunnel
Finnish: rannekanava (fi)
French: canal carpien (fr) m
German: Karpaltunnel (de) m
Hungarian: kéztőalagút
Italian: tunnel carpale
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: Kanał nadgarstka
Portuguese: túnel do carpo, túnel carpal
Romanian: tunel carpian n, canal carpian n
Spanish: túnel carpiano m
Swedish: karpaltunnel

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