calcaneum
Americannoun
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calcanea
plural
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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
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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
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 Robert Armitage Sterndale
The calcaneum, which is not quite so long as that of the ox, forms by its summit a prominence which is called the point of the ham.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
The tuberosity of the heel-bone or calcaneum is directed towards the sole, and parallel with it and extending to about double its length is a greatly elongated sesamoid ossicle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
The astragalus and the calcaneum differ slightly from those of ruminants.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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