Metacarpal

mct-a-kar'pal, adj. pertaining to the part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers [Gr meta, after, and karpos wrist Metachronism, me-tak'ron-izm, n the placing of an event after its real time. [Fr.— Or metachrotios— meta, beyond, and chronOS time.] Metage, met'aj, «.. measurement of coal: price of measurement [See Mete.]