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Definition of Calcaneus

1. Noun. The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel.

Definition of Calcaneus

1. Noun. The large bone making up the heel of the human foot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calcaneus

1. a bone of the heel [n -NEI]

Medical Definition of Calcaneus

1. The largest of the tarsal bones and is situated at the lower and back part of the foot forming the heel. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcaneus

Literary usage of Calcaneus

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

1. The Medical Times and Gazette (1858)
"There is no tendency to relapse incases of congenital talipes calcaneus after treatment. I have never met with any case in which the deformity has even ..."

2. A Treatise on Orthopedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1903)
"8.1 4.4 Equinus 2.4 26.1 calcaneus 1.7 12.6 It will be noted that in three-fourths of the congenital cases the deformity is equinovarus, and that equinus ..."

3. Operative surgery by Theodor Kocher (1894)
"At the posterior root of the tuber the Achilles tendon is detached, the joint capsule at the postero-external circumference of the calcaneus is severed ..."

4. Club-foot: Its Causes, Pathology, and Treatment by William Adams (1873)
"TALIPES calcaneus occurs both as a congenital and non- congenital affection, and in these two forms it differs so essentially in its pathology and treatment ..."

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