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Definition of Ankle

1. Noun. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.

Definition of Ankle

1. n. The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.

Definition of Ankle

1. Noun. The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint. ¹

2. Verb. (US slang) To walk. ¹

3. Verb. (context: cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ankle

1. to walk [v -KLED, -KLING, -KLES] - See also: walk

Medical Definition of Ankle

1. That part of the lower limb directly above the foot. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ankle

Literary usage of Ankle

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

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"157, 54 NE 1006: —$5000—mule driver in coal mine—right ankle stiff, right leg broken ... App. 201, 85 SW 445; —$4000—man—ankle stiffened and leg broken and ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1885)
"The Relation of ankle-clonus to the Patellar Reflex.—M. Maurice de Fleury of Bordeaux contributes a few notes of interest on this point. ..."

3. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The Synovial Membrane lining the articular surface is derived from that of the ankle-joint. Actions.—The movement permitted in these articulations is ..."

4. 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 (1890)
"Bilateral exaggeration of the knee-jerk is only significant when ankle clonus co-exists. ankle clonus may be physiological in children; in adults it is ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1899)
"Dr. GM Hammond said that he agreed with the last speaker in regard to the absence of ankle-clonus in hysteria, as a rule, and yet he had seen at least three ..."

6. Orthopedic Surgery by Edward Hickling Bradford, Robert Williamson Lovett (1915)
"ankle. THE seat of the disease may be in the articular end of the tibia or ... The swelling consists of an infiltration of the soft parts around the ankle. ..."

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