metacarpal

metacarpal

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)pəl

Adjective

metacarpal (not comparable)

1. Of the metacarpus.

Derived terms

• humerometacarpal
• plesiometacarpal
• telemetacarpal

Translations

of the metacarpus

Catalan: metacarpià Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kämmen- French: métacarpien (fr)

Icelandic: miðhandar-, handarbaks- Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: пястно́й (pjastnój), метакарпа́льный (metakarpálʹnyj) Spanish: metacarpiano Swedish: mellanhands-

Noun

metacarpal (plural metacarpals)

1. Any of the bones of the metacarpus.

Synonyms

• metacarpal bone

Translations

bone of the metacarpus

Arabic: مُشْط الْيَد‎ m (mušṭ al-yad) Egyptian Arabic: مشط الإيد‎ m (mešṭ el ʔiyd) Catalan: metacarpià m Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kämmenluu (fi) French: métacarpe (fr) m

German: Mittelhandknochen (de) m Hungarian: kézközépcsont (hu) Icelandic: miðhandarbein (is) n, hnúaleggur m, handarbaksleggur m Italian: metacarpo (it) m Portuguese: metacárpico m, metacarpiano m, metacarpal m Russian: пястна́я кость f (pjastnája kostʹ) Spanish: metacarpiano m Swedish: mellanhandsben (sv) n, metakarpalben (sv) n

See also

• bone

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Portuguese

Etymology

metacarpo +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ta.kaɻ.ˈpaw/

Noun

metacarpal m (plural metacarpais)

1. (anatomy) metacarpal (any bone of the metacarpus)

Holonyms

• metacarpo

Related terms

• carpal
• carpo
• palma

Adjective

metacarpal m or f (plural metacarpais, not comparable)

1. metacarpal (of the metacarpus)