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.
© Webster 1913.
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