ANKLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ankle mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANKLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint

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

articulatio plana; gliding joint (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)

Meronyms (parts of "ankle"):

anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus (the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint)

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

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

Derivation:

anklet (an ornament worn around the ankle)

anklet (a sock that reaches just above the ankle)

anklet (a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle)

 Context examples 

Symptoms include shortness of breath, problems exercising, fatigue, and swelling of the feet, ankles, and abdomen.

(CHF, NCI Dictionary)

It is most common in the hips, knees, shoulders, and ankles.

(Aseptic necrosis, NCI Dictionary)

In the wrist it is located over the carpus and in the ankle across the front of the leg and over the joint.

(Anterior Annular Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

It innervates the ankle and toes.

(Deep Peroneal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

You can dislocate your ankles, knees, shoulders, hips, elbows and jaw.

(Dislocations, NIH)

It is characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness, atrial conduction defects, cardiomyopathy, and early contractures of the elbow, ankle and neck.

(Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually occurs in the feet, ankles and legs, but it can involve your entire body.

(Edema, NIH)

The ratio of ankle systolic pressure to brachial systolic pressure, used to assess arterial insufficiency in the lower extremities.

(Ankle-Brachial Index, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common ankle problems are sprains and fractures.

(Ankle Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

Oh that he had sprained his ankle in the first dance!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)