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• n  any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers
• a  of or relating to the metacarpus
  metacarpal bones

• In the dressing room Patterson discovered why his right hand had hurt since the sixth round: the fourth metacarpal was broken.

• metacarpal bone

News & Articles

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• Curtis Granderson injury: Yankees OF has pin removed from left hand
  New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson had a pin removed from his left hand on Thursday, according to MLB.com . Granderson is recovering from a fracture to his fifth metacarpal on his left hand.
  June 22, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• Carl Froch in BritishBoxing.net
  I have what is called a Bennett's Fracture,Froch explained. "The metacarpal that connects the thumb is broken at the base. It was when I threw a big right hook in the second. It was a punch I had been working on; it was the same one that...
• Les Miles in LSU The Reveille
  Ciron sprained a ligament in between his third finger and fourth finger ...... metacarpal something or other,Miles said. "It's not broken, but it's definitely an owie. We'll put some ice on it and a Band-Aid, and knowing him, it won't...
• Rich Brooks in Louisville Courier-Journal
  I talked to Wesley yesterday after his surgery,Brooks said. "He's fine. The surgery went well. He had a plate put in on the metacarpal of his left hand, the index finger. He'll probably be withheld from contact the first three or four days...