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Definition of Achilles tendon

1. Noun. A large tendon that runs from the heel to the calf.

Definition of Achilles tendon

1. n. The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

Definition of Achilles tendon

1. Noun. (anatomy) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel. ¹

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Medical Definition of Achilles tendon

1. The tendon which attaches to the heel and originates from the muscles in the calf (the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles). A strong fibrous tendon which connects the gastrocnemius muscle (calf) to the calcaneous bone in the foot. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Achilles tendon

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"achilles tendon. Same as tendon qf Achilles.—achilles tendon reaction. See reaction.— Conjoined tendon, the united tendons of the internal oblique and ..."

2. Modes and Morals by Katharine Fullerton Guerould (1920)
"And this is the real achilles tendon of la mode. Can anything be more absurd than to impose a single style on the fat and the thin, on the minimum wage and ..."

3. The London Medical Gazette (1849)
"The retraction is comparatively much greater than in operations on the human Achilles- tendon ; for where these are done, the muscles are seldom capable of ..."

4. Household surgery, or, Hints on emergencies by John Flint South (1850)
"TORN OR CUT ACHILLES' TENDON. THE large thick tendon thus called, which connects the heel with the great muscles forming the calf of the leg, and which are ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"Right achilles tendon reflex absent. Right patellar tendon reflex more feeble ... Examination: Marked Romberg, patellar and achilles tendon reflexes absent. ..."

6. Technique of Operations on the Bones, Joints, Muscles and Tendons by Robert Soutter (1917)
"The outer half of the achilles tendon is cut away below at the os-calcis and dissected up and carried forward and attached to the ..."

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