Showing posts with label carpal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carpal. Show all posts

Friday, September 6, 2013

carpal, carpel

Carpal or carpal means having to do with the carpus--the  wrist bone or wrist bones--
He had to quit his job when he developed carpal tunnel syndrome.
The carpal bones may be injured by stressful repetitive motion.

Carpel or carpel ( rhymes with carpal ) means a type of pistil, or seed-bearing flower part--
You can see that this is actually a carpel, and not a leaf, because it bears the seeds of the flower.
The stigma, style, and ovary make up the carpel.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"His drawing of a flower's carpel looks more like the carpal  bones of a person."