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metacarpus

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)pəs
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skeletal structure

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُشْط اَلْيَد (mušṭ al-yad) — five bones of the palm
  • Arabic: مشط الإيد (mešṭ el-ʔīd) — five bones of the palm
  • Belarusian: пясць (pjascʹ) — five bones of the palm
  • Bulgarian: предкитка (predkitka) — five bones of the palm
  • Bulgarian: длан (dlan) — five bones of the palm
  • Catalan: metacarp — five bones of the palm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掌骨 (zhǎnggǔ) — five bones of the palm
  • Czech: záprstí — five bones of the palm
  • Esperanto: metakarpo — five bones of the palm
  • Finnish: kämmenluut — five bones of the palm
  • French: métacarpe — five bones of the palm
  • Galician: metacarpo — five bones of the palm
  • German: Mittelhand — five bones of the palm
  • Hungarian: kézközép — five bones of the palm
  • Icelandic: miðhönd — five bones of the palm
  • Icelandic: miðhandarbein — five bones of the palm
  • Italian: metacarpo — five bones of the palm
  • Latin: metacarpus — five bones of the palm
  • Latin: palma — five bones of the palm
  • Māori: wheua kapu — five bones of the palm
  • Polish: śródręcze — five bones of the palm
  • Portuguese: metacarpo — five bones of the palm
  • Russian: пясть (pjastʹ) — five bones of the palm
  • Spanish: metacarpo — five bones of the palm
  • Swedish: mellanhand — five bones of the palm
  • Ukrainian: п'я́сток (pʺjástok) — five bones of the palm
  • Ukrainian: п'ясть (pʺjastʹ) — five bones of the palm
  • Urdu: ہَتھیلی (hathelī) — five bones of the palm