: the metatarsal part of a human foot or of a hind foot in quadrupeds
Word History
Etymology
New Latin
First Known Use
1676, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
metatarsus
noun
meta·tar·sus ˌmet-ə-ˈtär-səs
: the part of the human foot or of the hind foot in quadrupeds that is between the tarsus and phalanges, contains when all the digits are present (as in humans) five more or less elongated bones but is modified in many animals with loss or reduction of some bones or fusing of others, and in humans forms the instep