[syn: anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Talus \Ta"lus\, n.; pl. Tali. [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]
1. (Anat.) The astragalus.
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2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See
the Note under Talipes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Talus \Ta"lus\, n. [F.]
1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
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2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the
foot of a precipice.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
talus
n 1: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff [syn:
talus, scree]
2: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to
form the ankle joint [syn: anklebone, astragal,
astragalus, talus]