Talus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Talus	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
talus n a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff [syn: talus, scree] the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint Synonym(s): anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Talipes \[d8]Tal"ipes\, 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}. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Talus \Ta"lus\, n. [F.] 1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work. 2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.