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The part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
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metacarpus
Word definitions for metacarpus in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, Modern Latin, from Greek metakarpion , from meta- (see meta- ) + karpos "wrist" (see carpus ). Related: Metacarpal .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The five bones that form intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges [also: metacarpi (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metacarpus \Met`a*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? beyond, between + ? the wrist.] (Anat.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla .
Usage examples of metacarpus.
The ball had pierced my hand by the metacarpus under the index finger, and had broken the first phalanges.
The clavical, humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia, fibula, the bones of the metacarpus, metatarsus and the phalanges, are classed as long bones.
I felt my way up over the coronet to the fetlock and after some palpation I located a spot near the distal end of the metacarpus which was painful on pressure.
This one was carrying many small bones in her gastric pouches, all of them recognizably human: a few carpal bones, metacarpi, and the terminal digits of a human hand.