carpal tunnel

English

Noun

carpal tunnel (countable and uncountable, plural carpal tunnels)

1. (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

2. (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