METATARSAL


Meaning of METATARSAL in English

I. ˌme-tə-ˈtär-səl adjective

Date: 1703

: of, relating to, or being the part of the human foot or of the hind foot in quadrupeds between the tarsus and the phalanges that in humans comprises five elongated bones which form the front of the instep and ball of the foot

II. noun

Date: circa 1839

: a metatarsal bone

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