metacarpus

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  • Noun:
    the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges

Word Origin

metacarpus (n.)
1650s, Modern Latin, from Greek metakarpion, from meta- (see meta-) + karpos "wrist" (see carpus). Related: Metacarpal.

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