metatarsus

English

Etymology

From New Latin metatarsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtəˈtɑː(ɹ)səs/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)səs

Noun

metatarsus (plural metatarsi)

1. The part of the foot between the toes and the ankle, especially its five bones.

   Synonym: instep

Coordinate terms

• metacarpus
• tarsus

Derived terms

• metatarsus adductus

• metatarsal
• metatarso- (metatars-)

Translations

part of the foot between the toes and the ankle

• Arabic: مُشْط اَلْقَدَم m (mušṭ al-qadam)

  Egyptian Arabic: مشط الرجل m (meshṭ el-regl)

• Bulgarian: костите на стъпалото (kostite na stǎpaloto)
• Catalan: metatars m
• Czech: nárt (cs) m inan
• Esperanto: metatarso (eo)
• Estonian: jalalaba, pöid
• Finnish: jalkapöydän luut pl, jalkapöytä (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Mittelfuß (de) m
• Hungarian: lábközép (hu)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Ottoman Turkish: آیاق طراغی (ayak tarağı)
• Polish: śródstopie (pl) n
• Portuguese: metatarso m
• Russian: плюсна́ (ru) (pljusná)
• Slovak: predpriehlavok m
• Slovene: stopalnica f
• Spanish: metatarso (es) m
• Swedish: mellanfot (sv) c
• Ukrainian: пле́сно n (plésno), плю́сно n (pljúsno)

See also

• bone

Latin

Etymology

From meta- +‎ tarsus.

Noun

metatarsus m (genitive metatarsī); second declension (New Latin)

1. the part of the foot between the toes and the ankle, especially its five bones