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talus |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Talus \Ta"lus\, n.; pl {Tali}. [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.] 1. (Anat.) The astragalus. 2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot ({Talipes calcaneus}). See the Note under {Talipes}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: talus n 1: a sloping mass of 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}]
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