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TARSAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tarsal mean?
• TARSAL (noun)
The noun TARSAL has 1 sense:
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
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)
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)
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