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Definition of Tarsal
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot. "Tarsal bones"
2. Noun. Any bone of the tarsus.
Definition of Tarsal
1. a. Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).
2. n. Same as Tercel.
Definition of Tarsal
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or relating to the tarsus. ¹
2. Noun. (anatomy) Any of the seven bones of the tarsus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tarsal
1. a bone of the foot [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tarsal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarsal
Literary usage of Tarsal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The movement which takes place in this joint is more extensive than that in the
other tarsal joints, and consists of a sort of rotation by means of which ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"In those reptiles he had examined, whatever the number of tarsal bones, there
were always in the proximal series one corresponding to the tibia, ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The lateral malleolar net-work is formed by the anterior lateral malleolar branch
of the anterior tibial, the lateral tarsal branch of the dorsalis pedis, ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"ON THE CARPAL AND tarsal BONES OF BIRDS. By EDWARD S. MORSE, of Salem, Massachusetts.
. THE author stated that he had followed with great interest the work ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"ON THE CARPAL AND tarsal BONES or BIRDS. By EDWARD S. MORSE, of Salem, Massachusetts.
THE author stated that he had followed with great interest the work of ..."
6. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1899)
"Medio-tarsal Dislocation. In this the dislocation takes place in the medio-tarsal
joint, the scaphoid and cuboid being together displaced from the ..."
7. A Description of the Arteries of the Human Body: Reduced to Tables by Adolphus Murray, Archibald Scott (1810)
"Some of these, winding on the tarsal bones, and bending with ... or tarsal sent
from the external side of the trunk, outwards and downwards, ..."
8. A Practical Treatise of Fractures and Dislocations by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1905)
"In this the dislocation takes place in the medio-tarsal joint, ... but the cases
in which the medio-tarsal joint alone is involved are few. ..."
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