'Talus' definitions:
Definition of 'talus'
From: WordNet
noun
A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff [syn: talus, scree]
noun
The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint [syn: anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus]
Definition of 'Talus'
From: GCIDE
- Talus \Ta"lus\, n.; pl. Tali. [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]
- 1. (Anat.) The astragalus. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Talus'
From: GCIDE
- Talus \Ta"lus\, n. [F.]
- 1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'talus'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]