metacarpus

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəs

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Noun

metacarpus (plural metacarpi)

1. (anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.

Derived terms

• metacarpal
• metacarpally

Translations

five bones of the palm

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

  Egyptian Arabic: مشط الإيد m (mešṭ el-ʔīd)

• Belarusian: пясць f (pjascʹ)
• Bulgarian: костите на дланта (kostite na dlanta)
• Catalan: metacarp m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掌骨 (zh) (zhǎnggǔ)

• Czech: záprstí n
• Esperanto: metakarpo
• Finnish: kämmenluut pl
• French: métacarpe (fr) m
• Galician: metacarpo (gl) m
• German: Mittelhand (de) f
• Hungarian: kézközép (hu)
• Icelandic: miðhönd f, miðhandarbein (is) n
• Italian: metacarpo (it) m
• Polish: śródręcze (pl) n
• Portuguese: metacarpo (pt) m
• Russian: пясть (ru) f (pjastʹ)
• Spanish: metacarpo (es) m
• Swedish: mellanhand (sv) c
• Ukrainian: п'я́сток m (pʺjástok), п'ясть f (pʺjastʹ)
• Urdu: ہَتھیلی f (hathelī)

See also

• bone