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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Metacarpus

· Met·a·car·pus · IPA
01 n. 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 Artiod…
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    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.(Anat.) See: Artiodactyla