Definition of Calcaneal

1. Adjective. Relating to the heel bone or heel.

Partainyms: Calcaneus

Definition of Calcaneal

1. a. Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.

Definition of Calcaneal

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the calcaneus (heel bone) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calcaneal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Calcaneal

1. Relating to the calcaneus or heel bone. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcaneal

calatheas
calathi
calathian violet
calathos
calathus
calavance
calaverite
calaverites
calbindin
calbindins
calc
calc-
calc-tufa
calcaemia
calcanea
calcaneal (current term)
calcaneal arterial network
calcaneal arteries
calcaneal articular surface of talus
calcaneal bone
calcaneal bursitis
calcaneal gait
calcaneal petechiae
calcaneal process of cuboid bone
calcaneal region
calcaneal spur
calcaneal sulcus
calcaneal tuber
calcaneal tubercle
calcaneal tuberosity

Literary usage of Calcaneal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The medial calcaneal (rami calcanei mediates; internal calcaneal) are several large arteries which arise from the posterior tibial just before its division; ..."

2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The medial calcaneal (rami calcanei mediales; internal calcaneal) are several large arteries which arise from the posterior tibial just before its division; ..."

3. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1920)
"A tourniquet round the middle of the thigh is used in Syme's and all similar operations. TRANS-calcaneal AMPUTATIONS ..."

4. Anatomical Names: Especially the Basle Nomina Anatomica ("BNA") by Albert Chauncey Eycleshymer, Daniel Martin Schoemaker, Roy Lee Moodie, Wilhelm His (1917)
"... external, of peroneal artery —74:23 = calcaneal, external, of posterior tibial ... internal, of posterior tibial nerve—93:6 - — calcaneal, lateral, ..."

5. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"The capsule is subdivided into the following astragalo-calcaneal or ... The internal talo-calcaneal ligament lies obliquely on the inner side of the joint, ..."

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