METATARSUS (metatarsi)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: metatarsi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does metatarsus mean? 

• METATARSUS (noun)
  The noun METATARSUS has 1 sense:

1. the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds

  Familiarity information: METATARSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METATARSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("metatarsus" is a kind of...):

skeletal structure (any structure created by the skeleton of an organism)

Meronyms (parts of "metatarsus"):

metatarsal (any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes)

Holonyms ("metatarsus" is a part of...):

pedal extremity; vertebrate foot (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)

Derivation:

metatarsal (of or relating to the metatarsus)

 Context examples 

The tarsus, metatarsus, and phalanges.

(Foot Bone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)