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Definition: CALCANEUM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Calcaneum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Calcaneum \Cal*ca"ne*um\n.; plural English -neums, from Latin expression -nea. [Latin expression the heel, from calx, calcis, the heel.]. (references)

Definition: CALCANEUM

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CALCANEUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Calcaneum \Cal*ca"ne*um\n.; plural English -neums, from Latin expression -nea. [Latin expression the heel, from calx, calcis, the heel.]. (references)