metacarpus noun. [mɛtǝ'kɑ:pǝs] Pl. -pi [-pʌɪ, -pi:]. Formerly also Anglicized as metacarp. LME.
[mod. Latin, alt. of Greek metakarpion after CARPUS: see META-.]
Anatomy & Zoology. The part of the skeleton between the carpus or wrist and the phalanges, consisting of e.g. the five long bones of the hand in humans, and the cannon bone of the foreleg in horses and other quadrupeds.

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