anklebone

[ang-kuh l-bohn]

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noun

the talus.

Origin of anklebone

1350–1400; Middle English; see ankle, bone

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Related Words for anklebone

bone, talus, anklebone, tarsus, astragalus

Examples from the Web for anklebone

Historical Examples of anklebone

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

the nontechnical name for talus 1

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anklebone in Medicine

anklebone

[ăng′kəl-bōn′]

n.

talus