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tarso-metatarsal, a. and n. Comp. Anat.|ˌtɑːsəʊmɛtəˈtɑːsəl|
a. adj. (a) Of or pertaining to the tarsus and the metatarsus, as ‘the tarso-metatarsal ligaments’; (b) Of or pertaining to a tarso-metatarsus.
b. n. Short for tarso-metatarsal bone or ligament.
1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 288/1 In the Grallatores..the tarso-metatarsal bone is remarkably elongated. 1851Mantell Petrifact. ii. §1. 79 There are also tarsometatarsals of a remarkable extinct genus named Aptornis. Ibid. §3. 116 The longest tarso-metatarsal bones I have seen are eighteen inches and a half in length. 1872Humphry Myology 28 Near the insertion of the middle portions of the tarso-metatarsals. 1875Sir W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 841/2 The configuration of its tarso-metatarsal joint and the attachment of the transverse metatarsal ligament prevent the great toe from being thrown across the surface of the sole as the thumb is thrown across the palm. |