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METATARSAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

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

metatarsus (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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the metatarsus

Example:

metatarsal bones

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

metatarsus (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)

Derivation:

metatarsus (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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Any of the four dorsal or four plantar arteries that arise from the dorsalis pedis artery that extend over the metatarsal bones.

(Metatarsal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A thick, spongy layer of tissue located under the metacarpal and metatarsal joints of the foot.

(Footpad, NCI Thesaurus)

One of three (medial, intermediate, or lateral cuneiform) bones in the foot medial to the cuboid bone and between either the first, second or third metatarsal bone and the navicular bone.

(Cuneiform Bone of the Foot, NCI Thesaurus)

Four muscles in the foot between the metatarsal bones extending down the medial and lateral sides of the proximal phalanx of the second toe and the lateral side of the proximal phalanx on the third and fourth toe.

(Dorsal Foot Interosseous Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)