Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) A fibro-osseous passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the distal forearm to the middle compartment of the deep plane of the palm.
Wikipedia
In the human body, the carpal tunnel or carpal canal is the passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the forearm to the middle compartment of the deep plane of the palm. The tunnel consists of bones and connective tissue. Several tendons and the median nerve pass through it.
The canal is narrow, and when any of the nine long flexor tendons passing through it swell or degenerate, the narrowing of the canal often results in the median nerve becoming entrapped or compressed, a common medical condition known as carpal tunnel syndrome.
Usage examples of "carpal tunnel".
He writes it very slowly because his hands are practically immobilized now by carpal tunnel syndrome, and any motion that even faintly resembles typing causes him a lot of pain.
He was holding his hands behind his back to hide the Velcro wrist wraps he wore at night to minimize the pain from carpal tunnel syndrome.
He was wearing a pair of deerskin carpal tunnel wraps on his sunburned forearms.
And Lilly claims she hals carpal tunnel syndrome from typing out the short story she sent in to Sixteen magazines annual short fiction contest.
Her feet were on an adjustable footrest, her valuable hands poised over a contoured keyboard designed to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome.