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||Met`a*ster"num (?), n. [Pref.
meta- + sternum.] 1. (Anat.)
The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process;
xiphisternum.

2. (Zoöl.) The ventral plate of
the third or last segment of the thorax of insects.

{ ||Me*tas"to*ma (?), Met"a*stome (?), }
n. [NL. metastoma, from Gr. meta`
behind + sto`ma mouth.] (Zoöl.) A median
elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.

Met`a*tar"sal (?), a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the metatarsus. --
n. A metatarsal bone.

Met"a*tarse (?), n. (Anat.)
Metatarsus.

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.


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