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metacarpus |
2 definitions found 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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