tarsus
pronunciation
How to pronounce tarsus in British English:
UK ['tɑːsəs]
How to pronounce tarsus in American English:
US ['tɑsəs]
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- Noun:
- the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively
Word Origin
- tarsus (n.)
- the ankle bones collectively, 1670s, Modern Latin, from Greek tarsos "ankle, sole of the foot, rim of the eyelid," originally "flat surface, especially for drying," from PIE root *ters- "to dry" (cognates: Greek teresesthai "to be or become dry," tersainein "to make dry;" Latin terra "land, ground, soil," torrere "dry up, parch;" see terrain). The connecting notion is the bones of the "flat" of the foot (Greek tarsos podos).
Example
- 1. Finally , the tarsus bone in her ankle is shaped like our ancestors .
- 2. Tarsus group plc was founded and listed on the london stock exchange in 1998 .
- 3. Saul of tarsus thought he could stamp out christianity .
- 4. Pointy fang-shaped structure attached to the tarsus and enabling the butterfly to cling to things and feed itself .
- 5. Objective : to study the effect of eyelid reconstruction replacing tarsus with plantar dermis .