Hypertext Webster Gateway: "talus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Talus \Ta"lus\, n.; pl. {Tali}. [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]
1. (Anat.) The astragalus.
2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot ({Talipes calcaneus}). See
the Note under {Talipes}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Talus \Ta"lus\, n. [F.]
1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the
foot of a precipice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Talipes \Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes,
pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet,
properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.)
The deformity called {clubfoot}. See {Clubfoot}.
Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, {Talipes
varus}, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward;
{T. valgus}, in which the foot is bent outward; {T.
equinus}, in which the sole faces backward and the
patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and {T.
calcaneus} (called also {talus}), in which the sole
faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
talus
n 1: a sloping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff [syn: {scree}]
2: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to
form the ankle joint [syn: {anklebone}, {astragal}, {astragalus}]
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