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Meaning
noun a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
originFrom Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0