metacarpus

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)pəs

Noun

metacarpus (plural metacarpi)

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

Translations

five bones of the palm

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

  Egyptian Arabic: مشط الإيد‏‎ m (meshṭ el-ʔiid)

• Catalan: metacarp m
• Galician: metacarpo (gl) m

• Icelandic: miðhönd f, miðhandarbein (is) n
• Portuguese: metacarpo (pt) m
• Spanish: metacarpo (es) m
• Swedish: mellanhand (sv) c

Derived terms

• metacarpal
• metacarpally

See also

• bone