TARSAL BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tarsal bone mean? 

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

1. any bone of the tarsus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARSAL BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any bone of the tarsus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

tarsal; tarsal bone

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

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

Holonyms ("tarsal bone" 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)

 Context examples 

The irregular and largest tarsal bone that forms the heel.

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