meta-

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Metacarpal bones are located behind the carpal bones.

意味（1）

(anatomy and zoology) Behind.

意味（2）

(botany and zoology) Later or subsequent.

意味（3）

(obsolete, architecture and zoology) Situated between two segments.

意味（4）

(chemistry) Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent.

意味（5）

(organic chemistry) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-.

意味（6）

(biochemistry) Relating to metabolism.

意味（7）

(geology) Modified by metamorphosis.