calcaneus
pronunciation
How to pronounce calcaneus in British English:
UK [kæl'keɪnɪəs]
How to pronounce calcaneus in American English:
US [kæl'keɪnɪrs]
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- Noun:
- the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel
Word Origin
- calcaneus (n.)
- from Latin (os) calcaneum "bone of the heel," from calcem (nominative calx (1)) "heel."
Example
- 1. Operative treatment of displaced intra-articular fractures of the calcaneus .
- 2. Incomplete fracture of the right calcaneus .
- 3. Clinical anatomy of calcaneus and correlated anatomic structures .
- 4. Clinical application of special anatomic plate in calcaneus comminuted fracture .
- 5. Sexual dimorphism of the calcaneus of south african blacks .