calcaneum
Americannoun
plural
calcaneaEtymology
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
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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
The calcaneum with an articular facet for the lower end of the fibula.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
The calcaneum lacks the facet for the fibula found in the Titanotheroidea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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
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