Definition of metacarpal
:of, relating to, or being the metacarpus or a metacarpal
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Tampa Bay outfielder Kevin Kiermaier broke a metacarpal bone in his left hand last season.
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First Known Use of metacarpal
1739
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The Lynx announced Friday that Whalen had surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., to repair a fracture of the fifth metacarpal.
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The Italian federation announced on Twitter that Gallinari fractured the first metacarpal on his right hand and that the estimated recovery time was 40 days.
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The ball struck her on a knuckle on her right hand, breaking the fourth metacarpal.
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He was tagged by an errant Reds pitch in a spring training game and fractured the second metacarpal in his left hand.
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Despite nursing a contusion in the fifth metacarpal of his right hand from Sunday’s game against Portland, Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson was aggressive on his way to 22 points on 10-of-19 shooting.
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A metacarpal of my left hand lies inside your pelvis.
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First Known Use of metacarpal
1831
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of metacarpal
:of, relating to, or being the metacarpus or a metacarpal
medical Definition of metacarpal
:any bone of the metacarpus of the human hand or the front foot in quadrupeds
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