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METACARPUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: metacarpi   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("metacarpus" is a kind of...):

skeletal structure (any structure created by the skeleton of an organism)

Meronyms (parts of "metacarpus"):

metacarpal; metacarpal bone (any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers)

Holonyms ("metacarpus" is a part of...):

hand; manus; mitt; paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb)

Derivation:

metacarpal (of or relating to the metacarpus)

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