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Etymology 1

From .

Noun

  1. (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.


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Etymology 2

From talus#French|talus.

Noun

  1. A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
  2. *1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing,
  3. *: By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.


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French

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-talus.ogg
  • IPA: /taly/


Noun

talus m

  1. slope, embankment


fr:talus ko:talus io:talus hu:talus ru:talus ta:talus vi:talus zh:talus

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Talipes \Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes,
pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet,
properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.)
The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, {Talipes
varus}, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward;
T. valgus, in which the foot is bent outward; {T.
equinus}, in which the sole faces backward and the
patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and {T.
calcaneus} (called also talus), in which the sole
faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Talus \Ta"lus\, n.; pl. Tali. [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]
1. (Anat.) The astragalus.
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2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See
the Note under Talipes.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Talus \Ta"lus\, n. [F.]
1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
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2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the
foot of a precipice.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet talus
n 1: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff [syn: scree]
2: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to
form the ankle joint [syn: anklebone, astragal, astragalus]
[also: tali (pl)]
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