dorsocarpal

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English

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Etymology

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From dorso- +‎ carpal.

Adjective

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dorsocarpal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the back of the carpal.
    • 1999, David P. Green, Robert N. Hotchkiss, William C. Pederson, Green's Operative Hand Surgery, volume 1, page 173:
      The dorsocarpal ligament is incised in a T-shape vertically over the scaphoid in the direction of the trapezoid and horizontally over the distal radius.