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metacarpus

American  
[met-uh-kahr-puhs] / ˌmɛt əˈkɑr pəs /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

metacarpi

  1. the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.

metacarpus British  
/ ˌmɛtəˈkɑːpəs /

noun

  1. the skeleton of the hand between the wrist and the fingers, consisting of five long bones

  2. the corresponding bones in other vertebrates

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Etymology

Origin of metacarpus

1670–80; < New Latin ( meta-, carpus ), replacing metacarpium < Greek metakárpion

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