† metacarpn.
Anatomy. Obsolete. rare.
A metacarpus; a metacarpal bone.
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1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse iv. xix. 182 The Metacarp, or back of the hand in Men.
1808 J. Barclay Muscular Motions 409 The two first, with the abductor indicis manus, which should have been added to this number, being inserted into the metacarp.
1879 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 168 458 Length:..thumb-metacarp, 0″·35;..third finger-metacarp, 3″·3.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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