right wrist

collocation in English

meaningsofrightandwrist

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right
adjective
uk
/raɪt/us
/raɪt/
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wrist
noun[C]
uk
/rɪst/us
/rɪst/
the part of the body between the hand and ...
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(Definition ofrightandwristfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A ground electrode was attached to therightwrist.
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They found that the motor imagery of palmar flexion, or dorsiflexion of therightwrist, psychophysically influenced the sensation of illusory palmar flexion elicited by tendon vibration.
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Herrightwristhas begun to give way.
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This makes it inconvenient to use if the watch is being worn on therightwrist.
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Therightwristis the one with the animal icon.
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She then skipped a large majority of the clay season with arightwristinjury.
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Prez has a tattoo on the inside of herrightwrist.
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He broke hisrightwristand left forearm, as well as damaging his right knee.
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Kiran also possesses a tattoo on herrightwrist, which glows whenever she uses her abilities.
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He broke hisrightwristduring the game but never came out.
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He went through six knee surgeries and total reconstruction of his right ankle andrightwrist.
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He suffered a mild concussion and a fractured scaphoid bone in hisrightwristand was placed on the disabled list.
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Another was an injury that was less known about was an injury to hisrightwristduring the summer of 2006 in a non monster truck accident.
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Knights wear a bracelet with a large black bead tied with a piece of leather string around therightwrist.
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Meller was known to wear slender gold bracelets on herrightwrist, each representing a significant step in her stage career.
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In 1999 hisrightwristwas broken in what he claimed was an hour-long, unprovoked attack by staff.
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After missing the first three practices of training camp in a contract dispute, he dislocated hisrightwristand sustained ligament damage during his second full practice.
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They take a vow by tying a thread dipped in turmeric paste on theirrightwristand offer prayers.
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He had been in considerable pain for hours as a severe bulge burst through the skin of hisrightwrist.
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Around this time he injured hisrightwristand had to learn to write with his left hand.
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