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anklebone

[ang-kuh l-bohn]
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noun
  1. the talus.
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Origin of anklebone

1350–1400; Middle English; see ankle, bone
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Related Words

bonetalusanklebonetarsusastragalus

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Historical Examples

  • Her master of the horse, Prince Repnin, held the bridle of the horse, which suddenly gave him a kick which broke his anklebone.

    The Memoires of Casanova, Complete

    Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

British Dictionary definitions for anklebone

anklebone

noun
  1. the nontechnical name for talus 1
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anklebone in Medicine

anklebone

(ăng′kəl-bōn′)
n.
  1. talus
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