Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Carpus \Car"pus\, n.; pl. {Carpi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? wrist.]
   (Anat.)
   The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or
   antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of
   eight short bones disposed in two rows.

Source : WordNet®

carpus
     n : a joint between the distal end of the radius and the
         proximal row of carpal bones [syn: {wrist}, {wrist joint},
          {radiocarpal joint}, {articulatio radiocarpea}]
     [also: {carpi} (pl)]