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CALCANEUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: calcanei   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel

Synonyms:

calcaneus; heelbone; os tarsi fibulare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("calcaneus" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("calcaneus" is a part of...):

foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)

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