metacarpophalangeal
Anatomy and Zoology
adjective
Designating the joint between a metacarpal bone and a proximal phalanx (finger bone); of or relating to this joint, or (more broadly) to the metacarpal and phalangeal bones.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Lancet.
- pseudoparesis
- pseudoparthenogenesis
- pseudopatient
- pseudopelade
- pseudoperculate
- pseudoperculum
- pseudoperidium
- pseudoperiodic
- pseudoperipteral
- pseudoperipteros
- pseudoperithecium
- pseudophone
- pseudophotograph
- pseudopigmentation
- pseudoplankton
- pseudoplanktonic
- pseudoplasmodium
- pseudoplastic
- pseudoplasticity
- pseudopod
- pseudopodal
- pseudopodial
- pseudopodic
- pseudopodium
- pseudopore