TARSAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tarsal mean? 

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

1. any bone of the tarsus

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

• TARSAL (adjective)
  The adjective TARSAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot

  Familiarity information: TARSAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARSAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any bone of the tarsus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

tarsal; tarsal bone

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

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

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

tarsus (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)

Derivation:

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

• TARSAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

tarsal bones

Pertainym:

tarsus (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)

Derivation:

tarsal (any bone of the tarsus)

tarsus (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)

 Context examples 

The irregular and largest tarsal bone that forms the heel.

(Calcaneum, NCI Thesaurus)

A thin, flat, triangular muscle originating from the lesser wing of the sphenoid above and in front of the optic canal and inserts at the upper margin of the superior tarsal plate to elevate the upper eye lid.

(Levator Palpebrae Superioris, NCI Thesaurus)