heel bone

Word Origin

noun

calcaneus.

Origin of heel bone

1590-1600

First recorded in 1590-1600

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At length he had formed all the skeleton complete, except the heel bone of one foot.

The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians Henry R. Schoolcraft

British Dictionary definitions for heel bone

heel bone

noun

the nontechnical name for calcaneus

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heel bone in Medicine

heel bone n.
See calcaneus.

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