carpal tunnel

English

Noun

carpal tunnel (plural carpal tunnels)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• carpal canal

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 m
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• German: Karpaltunnel (de) m
• Italian: tunnel carpale
• Polish: Kanał nadgarstka
• Portuguese: túnel do carpo, túnel carpal
• Spanish: túnel carpiano m
• Swedish: karpaltunnel