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Noun: carpal tunnel
  1. A passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass
    "Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve is compressed in the carpal tunnel"

Type of: passage, passageway

Part of: articulatio radiocarpea, carpus, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint

Encyclopedia: Carpal tunnel