metacarpal

English

Etymology

metacarpus +‎ -al = metacarp- +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəl

Adjective

metacarpal (not comparable)

1. Of the metacarpus.

Derived terms

• dorsometacarpal
• humerometacarpal
• midmetacarpal
• plesiometacarpal
• telemetacarpal

Translations

of the metacarpus

• Catalan: metacarpià
• Chinese:

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• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kämmen-
• French: métacarpien (fr)
• Icelandic: miðhandar-, handarbaks-
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: пястно́й (ru) (pjastnój), метакарпа́льный (metakarpálʹnyj)
• Spanish: metacarpiano
• Swedish: mellanhands-

Noun

metacarpal (plural metacarpals or metacarpalia)

1. Any of the bones of the metacarpus.

Synonyms

• metacarpal bone

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: مُشْط الْيَد m (mušṭ al-yad)

  Egyptian Arabic: مشط الإيد m (mešṭ el ʔiyd)

• Catalan: metacarpià m
• Chinese:

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• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kämmenluu (fi)
• French: métacarpe (fr) m
• German: Mittelhandknochen (de) m
• Hungarian: kézközépcsont (hu)
• Icelandic: miðhandarbein (is) n, hnúaleggur m, handarbaksleggur m
• Italian: metacarpo (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hestiyên şeyê dest

• Maori: iwi papanui
• Portuguese: metacárpico m, metacarpiano m, metacarpal m
• Russian: пястна́я кость f (pjastnája kostʹ)
• Spanish: metacarpiano m
• Swedish: mellanhandsben (sv) n, metakarpalben (sv) n

See also

• bone

Portuguese

Etymology

From metacarpo (“metacarpus”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ta.kaʁˈpaw/ [ˌmɛ.ta.kahˈpaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ta.kaʁˈpaw/ [ˌmɛ.ta.kahˈpaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ta.kaɾˈpaw/ [ˌmɛ.ta.kaɾˈpaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ta.kaʁˈpaw/ [ˌmɛ.ta.kaχˈpaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ta.kaɻˈpaw/ [ˌmɛ.ta.kaɻˈpaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.tɐ.kɐɾˈpal/ [ˌmɛ.tɐ.kɐɾˈpaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.tɐ.kɐɾˈpal/ [ˌmɛ.tɐ.kɐɾˈpaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.tɐ.kɐɾˈpa.li/

• Hyphenation: me‧ta‧car‧pal

Noun

metacarpal m (plural metacarpais)

1. (anatomy) metacarpal (any bone of the metacarpus)

Holonyms

• metacarpo

Related terms

• carpal
• carpo
• palma

Adjective

metacarpal m or f (plural metacarpais, not comparable)

1. metacarpal (of the metacarpus)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metakaɾˈpal/ [me.t̪a.kaɾˈpal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧car‧pal

Adjective

metacarpal m or f (masculine and feminine plural metacarpales)

1. metacarpal