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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] beyond, between + [GREEK] the wrist.]

(Anat.)

That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of

Noun.

[Gr. beyond, and the wrist.] In anatomy, the part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers.