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metacarpus: Meaning and Definition of

met•a•car•pus

Pronunciation: (met"u-kär'pus), [key]
— pl. -pi
  1. the part of a hand or forelimb, esp. of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges. See diag. under
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
metacarpal metacenter
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