| 释义 |
meta·carpus
\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from meta- + carpus
: the part of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and the phalanges that contains five more or less elongated bones when all the digits are present but is modified in many animals by the loss or reduction of some bones or the fusing of adjacent bones — compare cannon bone, splint bone |