met|a|car|pus

met|a|car|pus
met|a|car|pus «MEHT uh KAHR puhs», noun, plural -pi «-py».
1. the part of the hand, especially the bones, between the wrist and the fingers, comprising five bones in man.
2. the corresponding part of the forefoot of a quadruped, between the carpus and the phalanges.
< New Latin metacarpus < Greek metakárpion < metá after + karpós wrist]

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  • carpometacarpus — car·po·met·a·car·pus …   English syllables

  • metacarpus — met•a•car•pus [[t]ˌmɛt əˈkɑr pəs[/t]] n. pl. pi ( pī). anat. the bones of a vertebrate forelimb between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges • Etymology: 1670–80; < NL …   From formal English to slang

  • a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …   English syllables

  • Metacarpus — 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}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… …   English syllables

  • y — ac·an·thol·y·sis; ac·e·tol·y·sis; acet·y·lase; acet·y·late; acet·y·la·tion; acet·y·la·tor; acet·y·le·na·tion; acet·y·lene; acet·y·le·nic; acet·y·le·nyl; acet·y·lide; acet·y·li·za·tion; acet·y·liz·er; ace·tyl·sa·lic·y·late; achlam·y·date;… …   English syllables

  • ta — ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·sen·ta·tion; abu·ta; ac·cep·ta·tion; ac·cli·ma·ta·tion; ac·cred·i·ta·tion; ac·er·a·ta; ac·e·ta·tion; ac·e·ta·to ; ach·e·ta; achor·da·ta; acoe·lo·ma·ta; acra·ni·a·ta; ac·ro·tre·ta; ac·ta; ac·ti·no·my·ce·ta·ce·ae;… …   English syllables

  • pi — ace·to·pro·pi·o·nate; ac·ro·car·pi; ae·gy·pi·i·dae; ae·pi·or·nis; aes·cu·la·pi·an; aes·cu·la·pi·us; ae·so·pi·an; ake·pi·ro; albas·pi·din; alo·pi·as; al·pi·no; am·phi·car·pi·um; an·as·pi·da; an·as·pi·da·cea; an·ci·pi·tis; an·te·lo·pi·an;… …   English syllables

  • cho — ace·tyl·cho·line; ace·tyl·cho·lin·esterase; am·ni·o·cho·ri·on; an·cho·ress; an·cho·rit·ess; an·cho·rit·ic; an·cho·rit·ism; an·cho·veta; an·cho·vy; an·gi·o·cho·li·tis; an·ti·cho·lin·es·ter·ase; ar·cho·plasm; ar·cho·sau·ria; au·tar·cho·glos·sa;… …   English syllables

  • ric — ac·e·tu·ric; acid·i·met·ric; ac·i·du·ric; aero·met·ric; ag·a·ric·i·form; al·i·pat·ric; al·ka·li·met·ric; al·lan·tu·ric; al·lo·met·ric; al·lo·pat·ric; al·lox·u·ric; am·per·o·met·ric; am·phi·the·at·ric; an·e·mo·met·ric; an·iso·met·ric;… …   English syllables

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