Dictionary entry

Metatarsus

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Met′a‐tar″sus (?), n.; pl.Metatarsi (#). [NL. See Meta-, and Tarsus.] (Anat.) That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.