combining form of Gr. καρπός, CARPUS, wrist, as in Carpocerite [Gr. κέρας horn]. Carpometacarpal a., ‘relating to the carpus and metacarpus.’ Carpopedal a., ‘relating to the hand and the foot’ (in carpopedal spasm ‘a term applied to the local convulsions which affect the hands and feet of children’). Carpopodite, ‘the fifth basal joint of the hinder antennæ of certain Arthropods.’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.)
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 314. To its inner portion an ischiocerite is connected, bearing a merocerite and carpocerite, while the last segment, or procerite, consists of a long multi-articulate filament.
1836–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 510. The carpo-metacarpal joint of the thumb enjoys motion forwards, backwards, inwards, and outwards.
1877. Roberts, Handbk. Med., I. 362. Carpopedal contractions.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, 94. The fifth [segment] is known as the ‘carpopodite.’
