TALUS (tali)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: tali   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does talus mean? 

• TALUS (noun)
  The noun TALUS has 2 senses:

1. a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff

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

  Familiarity information: TALUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

scree; talus

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

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus

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

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

Holonyms ("talus" 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)

 Context examples 

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

(Ankle Joint, NCI Thesaurus)