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metacarpus

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met=a=car=pus

CIDE DICTIONARY

metacarpusn. [NL., fr. Gr. ; beyond, between + the wrist.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

metacarpus, n. (pl. metacarpi)
1 the set of five bones of the hand that connects the wrist to the fingers.
2 this part of the hand.

Derivative
metacarpal adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk metakarpon (as META-, CARPUS)

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