metacarpus

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː(r)pəs

Noun

metacarpus (plural metacarpi)

(anatomy) The five bones that form 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-ʾīd)
Belarusian: пясць f (pjascʹ)
Catalan: metacarp m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 掌骨 (zh) (zhǎnggǔ)
Czech: záprstí n
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)

See also

bone

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