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met⋅a⋅car⋅pus

  [met-uh-kahr-puhs]
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–noun, plural -pi  [-pahy] . Anatomy.
the part of a hand or forelimb, esp. of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.

Origin:
1670–80; < NL (see meta-, carpus ), r. metacarpium < Gk metakárpion
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Main Entry: meta·car·pus
Pronunciation: "met-&-'kär-p&s
Function: noun
: the part of the human hand or the front foot in quadrupedsbetween the carpus and the phalanges that contains five more or less elongated bones when all the digits are present (as in humans) but is modified in many animals by the loss or reduction of somebones or the fusing of adjacent bones
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metacarpus met·a·car·pus (mět'ə-kär'pəs)
n. pl. met·a·car·pi (-pī)
The part of the hand that includes the five bones between the fingers and the wrist.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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