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    ARTICULATIO TALOCRURALIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talusplay

    Synonyms:

    ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint

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    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("articulatio talocruralis" is a kind of...):

    articulatio plana; gliding joint (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)

    Meronyms (parts of "articulatio talocruralis"):

    anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus (the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint)

    Holonyms ("articulatio talocruralis" is a part of...):

    leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

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