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Metacarpophalangeal Joint

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a joint of a finger when the fist is closed

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
knuckle joint
plural
Metacarpophalangeal Joints
possessive
Metacarpophalangeal Joint's
pluralpossessive
Metacarpophalangeal Joints'

Framework definitions

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a joint of a finger when the fist is closed

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