Definition of Metatarsals

1. Noun. (plural of metatarsal) ¹

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Definition of Metatarsals

1. metatarsal [n] - See also: metatarsal

Medical Definition of Metatarsals

1. Five cylindrical bones extending from the heel to the toes. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metatarsals

metasyphilitic
metasystem
metasystems
metatable
metatables
metatag
metatags
metatarsal
metatarsal arch
metatarsal artery
metatarsal bone
metatarsal bones
metatarsal reflex
metatarsal vein
metatarsalgia
metatarsals (current term)
metatarse
metatarsectomy
metatarses
metatarsi
metatarsophalangeal
metatarsophalangeal articulations
metatarsophalangeal joint
metatarsophalangeal joints
metatarsus
metatarsus adductovarus
metatarsus atavicus
metatarsus latus
metatarsus varus

Literary usage of Metatarsals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1898)
"Shows the impression, etc., of feet deformed by wearing fashionable boots. metatarsals; and (c) increasing the thickness of the heel on the inner side in ..."

2. Dislocations and Joint-fractures by Frederic Jay Cotton (1910)
"CHAPTER XXXIV metatarsals DISLOCATION The metatarsals, as a whole row, ... Pressure on the metatarsals in the "ball" of the foot (see Fig. ..."

3. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1881)
"The metacarpals and metatarsals are relatively shorter than in the cat. The pollex is more developed, but the hallux is very different, being completely Fig ..."

4. A Text-book on Minor Surgery by John Colin Vaughan (1922)
"FRACTURES OF THE metatarsals AND PHALANGES. Fracture of the metatarsals, —The bones are broken by direct injury, as from a weight falling upon the foot; ..."

5. Mechano-therapeutics in General Practice by George de Swietochowski (1914)
"Fractured metatarsals require considerably less time, FIG. 17.—TREBLE FRACTURE OF THE ANKLE. since they do not upset the mechanism of the foot so much as ..."

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