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The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.

Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.

Same as Metapode.

A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebræ; a mammillary process.

The posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes. -- Me*tap`ter*yg"i*al, a.

A salt of metasilicic acid.

Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid.

chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization. -- Met`a*so*mat"ic, a.

One of the component segments of the body of an animal.

A salt of metastannic acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, a compound of tin (metastannic acid), obtained, as an isomeric modification of stannic acid, in the form of a white amorphous substance.

The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.

Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth.

Of or pertaining to the metasternum.

The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.

A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.

Of or pertaining to the metatarsus. -- n.

Metatarsus.