noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The large bone making up the heel of the human foot, the heel bone.
2. 2
   the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

heelboneheelboneboneheel boneos tarsi fibulare

Etymology

From Latin calcāneus (“heel”), rare form of calx (“heel”).

Related phrases

tendo calcaneusheel bone

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