See Also: metatarsophalangeal joints(medicine)
metatarsophalangeal(medicine)
metatarsophalangeal joint(medicine)
metatarsophalangeal articulations(medicine)
DIP joints(medicine)
MP joints(medicine)
PIP joints(medicine)
metacarpophalangeal joints(medicine)
joints of hand(medicine)
joints of foot(medicine)

belligerent (oh) and metatarsophalangeal joints (medicine)


belligerent (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , present participle of belligerare 'to fight a war', from bellum ( BELLICOSE) + gerere 'to carry on']
very unfriendly and wanting to argue or fight
-synonym aggressive aggressive
::a belligerent attitude
[only before noun] formal a belligerent country is fighting a war against another country
-- belligerence, belligerency n [U]

metatarsophalangeal joints (medicine)


metatarsophalangeal joints


The spheroid synovial joints between the heads of the metatarsals and the bases of the proximal phalanges of the toes.

Synonym: articulationes metatarsophalangeae, metatarsophalangeal articulations, MP joints.