Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun metacarpophalangeal_joint

1 sense of metacarpophalangeal joint

Sense 1
knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint -- (a joint of a finger when the fist is closed)
       => synovial joint, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis -- (a joint so articulated as to move freely)