(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:08:59

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.

 

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