METACARPUS


Meaning of METACARPUS in English

/met'euh kahr"peuhs/ , n. , pl. metacarpi /-puy/ . Anat.

the part of a hand or forelimb, esp. of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges. See diag. under skeleton .

[ 1670-80; metacarpium metakárpion ]

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