ANKLEBONE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint

Synonyms:

anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint (a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus)

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