A metatarsal is any of the five long bones that make up the instep of the foot.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

Met`a*tar"sal (?), a. Anat.

Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.

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n.

A metatarsal bone.

 

© Webster 1913.

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