calcaneum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of calcaneum
1745–55; short for Latin ( os ) calcāneum (bone) of the heel, equivalent to calc- (stem of calx ) heel + -āneum, neuter of -āneus; see -an, -eous
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In both instances, the nail was found still embedded in the calcaneum, which is the largest bone in the foot and forms the heel.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
It then winds round the latter in placing itself on its inner side, then on its posterior surface, and reaches the calcaneum.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
Ilium; a. anterior end; b. posterior end; Ia. ischium; Pb., pubis; T, tibia; F, fibula; As., astragalus; Ca., calcaneum; I, distal portion of the tarsus; i., ii., iii., iv., metatarsal bones.
From Lectures on Evolution by Huxley, Thomas Henry
In the latter also the fibula, which is anchylosed to the end of the tibia, articulates with the calcaneum or heel-bone, which is not the case with the simple-toothed rodents.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
A portion of the body of the calcaneum was protruding through the perforated skin.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
