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Talus : (noun)
1: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff [syn: scree]
2: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to
form the ankle joint [syn: anklebone, astragal, astragalus]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Talus : \Ta"lus\, n. [F.]
1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the
foot of a precipice.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Talipes \Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L.Talus : an ankle _ pes,
pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet,
properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.)
The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.
Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, Talipes
varus, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward;
T. valgus, in which the foot is bent outward; T.
equinus, in which the sole faces backward and the
patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and T.
calcaneus (called also talus), in which the sole
faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Talus : Talus: The ankle bone. The ankle joint is formed by the talus and the bottom of the tibia and fibula that rest upon it. The Latin word "talus" means ankle and in medicine it can refer to the
entire ankle, too.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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