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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers;
[syn: metacarpal, metacarpal bone]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to the metacarpus;
- Example: "metacarpal bones"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Metacarpal \Met`a*car"pal\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the metacarpus. -- n. A metacarpal bone. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metacarpal adj 1: of or relating to the metacarpus; "metacarpal bones" n 1: any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers [syn: metacarpal, metacarpal bone]