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Definition of Talus
1. Noun. A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff.
2. Noun. The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os
Group relationships: Ankle, Ankle Joint, Articulatio Talocruralis, Mortise Joint
Derivative terms: Astragalar, Astragalar
Definition of Talus
1. n. The astragalus.
2. n. A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
Definition of Talus
1. Noun. (anatomy) The bone of the ankle. ¹
2. Noun. A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. ¹
3. Noun. (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Talus
1. a slope formed by an accumulation of rock debris [n -ES] / a bone of the foot [n -LI]
Medical Definition of Talus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Talus
Literary usage of Talus
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)
"resisting the displacement of the foot backward, and deepens the cavity for the
reception of the talus. The anterior talofibular is a security against the ..."
2. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1897)
"(1) Colluvial Deposits.1—Under this head it is proposed to include those
heterogeneous aggregates of rock detritus commonly designated as talus and cliff ..."
3. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"talus. At the foot of cliffs talus slopes of fallen fragments accumulate burying
the foot of the cliff and in many places reaching far up the FIGURE 114. ..."
4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"talus, in mythology; a brazen image which Vulcan gave to Minos, or Jupiter to
... Other stories are also told of him, which seem to indicate that talus was ..."
5. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The lateral ligament is a short band of fibres which proceeds from the lateral
surface of the talus to the lateral surface of the ..."
6. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"talus, in mythology ; a brazen image which Vulcan gave to Minos, ... talus was
the protector of Crete, and went three times daily around the island, ..."
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