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TARSUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: tarsi   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

skeletal structure (any structure created by the skeleton of an organism)

Meronyms (parts of "tarsus"):

cuboid bone (the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus)

tarsal; tarsal bone (any bone of the tarsus)

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

pedal extremity; vertebrate foot (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)

Derivation:

tarsal (of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot)

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