calcaneum

[ kal-key-nee-uhm ]

noun

, plural cal·ca·ne·a [kal-, key, -nee-, uh].

1. calcaneus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of calcaneum¹

1745–55; short for Latin ( os ) calcāneum (bone) of the heel, equivalent to calc- (stem of calx ) heel + -āneum, neuter of -āneus; -an, -eous

Example Sentences

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

“I journey through the body as I listen to my patients’ lungs, manipulate their joints, or gaze in through their pupils,” he writes in his new book, Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour From The Cranium to The Calcaneum.

From National Geographic

The calcaneum has a long and compressed calcaneal process.

From Project Gutenberg

In the hind-leg, the perforated tendon is a continuation of that of the plantaris, passing pulley-wise over the tuberosity of the calcaneum.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, the region of the tarsus is called by veterinarians the ham, the posterior surface of which is angular, because of the oblique direction of the leg with regard to the vertical direction of the metatarsus and the presence of the calcaneum; the prominence which this surface presents has received the name of the point of the ham, and the tendon which ends there that of the cord of the ham.

From Project Gutenberg