metatarsus
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noun \ˌme-tə-ˈtär-səs\Definition of METATARSUS
: the metatarsal part of a human foot or of a hind foot in quadrupeds
Origin of METATARSUS
New Latin
First Known Use: 1676
meta·tar·sus
noun \ˌmet-ə-ˈtär-səs\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of METATARSUS
: the part of the human foot or of the hind foot in quadrupeds that is between the tarsus and phalanges, contains when all the digits are present (as in humans) five more or less elongated bones but is modified in many animals with loss or reduction of some bones or fusing of others, and in humans forms the instep
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