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ARTICULATIO TALOCRURALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does articulatio talocruralis mean? 

ARTICULATIO TALOCRURALIS (noun)
  The noun ARTICULATIO TALOCRURALIS has 1 sense:

1. a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talusplay

  Familiarity information: ARTICULATIO TALOCRURALIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARTICULATIO TALOCRURALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint

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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