Metacarpus

Metˊa-car′pus

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] beyond, between + [GREEK] 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

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Noun.

[Gr. beyond, and the wrist.] In anatomy, the part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers.

metacarpus ‎(plural metacarpi)

(anatomy) The five bones that form intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.

five bones of the palm

Arabic: مُشْط اَلْيَد m ‎(mušṭ al-yad)
Egyptian Arabic: مشط الإيد m ‎(meshṭ el-ʔiid)
Catalan: metacarp m
Galician: metacarpo (gl) m
Icelandic: miðhönd f, miðhandarbein (is) n