CALCANEUS (calcanei)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: calcanei   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does calcaneus mean? 

• CALCANEUS (noun)
  The noun CALCANEUS has 1 sense:

1. the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel

  Familiarity information: CALCANEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALCANEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

calcaneus; heelbone; os tarsi fibulare

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

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

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

foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)

 Context examples 

A bone on the lateral side of the tarsus between the calcaneus and the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones.

(Cuboid Bone, NCI Thesaurus)