What does metacarpophalangeal joint mean?

metacarpophalangeal joint means "a joint of a finger when the fist is closed".

What is another word for metacarpophalangeal joint?

Close synonyms include knuckle, knuckle joint. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is metacarpophalangeal joint a common word?

metacarpophalangeal joint is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

metacarpophalangeal joint — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
Synonymsknuckle knuckle joint
Broadersynovial joint
Part offinger

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What does metacarpophalangeal joint mean?: metacarpophalangeal joint means "a joint of a finger when the fist is closed".
What is another word for metacarpophalangeal joint?

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