metacarpus
发音
How to pronounce metacarpus in British English:
英 [ˌmetə'kɑ:pəs]
How to pronounce metacarpus in American English:
美 [ˌmetə'kɑpəs]
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- Noun:
- the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
单词词源
- metacarpus (n.)
- 1650s, Modern Latin, from Greek metakarpion, from meta- (see meta-) + karpos "wrist" (see carpus). Related: Metacarpal.