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metacarpus

N กระดูก ของ ฝ่ามือ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

METACARPUS

n.[Gr. beyond, and the wrist. ] In anatomy, the part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

METACARPUS

Met `a *car "pus, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Anat. )

 

Defn: That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

metacarpus

met a car pus |ˈmetəˌkärpəs ˌmɛdəˈkɑrpəs | ▶noun ( pl. metacarpi |-pē, -ˌpī | ) the group of five bones of the hand between the wrist (carpus ) and the fingers. ORIGIN late Middle English: modern Latin, alteration of Greek metakarpion.

 

Oxford Dictionary

metacarpus

meta |car ¦pus |ˌmɛtəˈkɑːpəs | ▶noun ( pl. metacarpi |-pʌɪ, -piː | ) the group of five bones of the hand between the wrist (carpus ) and the fingers. ORIGIN late Middle English: modern Latin, alteration of Greek metakarpion.