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metacarpus


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  metacarpus 
  n  :  the  part  of  the  hand  between  the  carpus  and  phalanges 




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