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Met`a*po"di*al (?), a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of the
limbs to which they belong.

||Met`a*po`di*a"le (?), n.; pl.
Metapodialia (#). [NL. See Metapode.]
(Anat.) One of the bones of either the metacarpus or
metatarsus.

||Met`a*po"di*um (?), n.; pl.
Metapodia (#). [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same
as Metapode.

||Met`a*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl.
Metapophyses (#). [NL. See Meta-, and
Apophysis.] (Anat.) A tubercle projecting from the
anterior articular processes of some vertebræ; a mammillary
process.

||Me*tap`te*ryg"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr.
Gr. &?; after + &?; fin.] (Anat.) The posterior of the
three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes. --
Me*tap`ter*yg"i*al (#), a.

Met`a*sil"i*cate (?), n. (Chem.)
A salt of metasilicic acid.


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