tarsus
See also: Tarsle
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin tarsus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɑː.səs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑɹ.səs/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)səs
Noun
edittarsus (plural tarsi)
- (anatomy, zootomy) The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.
- (anatomy) A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
- (zootomy) The shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile.
- 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 99:
- On the ledge, the guillemots shuffle awkwardly about on their tarsi, the long bone connecting the ‘ankle’ to the feet.
- (zootomy) The true foot or the fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw.
- (anatomy) A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.
Derived terms
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editTranslations
editthe part of the foot between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus
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any of the seven bones in this part of the foot
References
edit- “tarsus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “tarsus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek τᾰρσός (tarsós, “the flat of the foot; the edge of the eyelid and its lashes”). Has been compared with Armenian թառ (tʻaṙ, “bar for drying grapes”), Old High German darra (“apparatus for drying fruits”), Swedish tarre (“frame for drying malts”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“to dry”). However, for phonetic reasons this is uncertain.
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtar.sus/, [ˈt̪ärsus]
Noun
edittarsus m (genitive tarsī); second declension (New Latin)
Inflection
editSecond-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tarsus | tarsī |
genitive | tarsī | tarsōrum |
dative | tarsō | tarsīs |
accusative | tarsum | tarsōs |
ablative | tarsō | tarsīs |
vocative | tarse | tarsī |
Derived terms
edit- tarsālis (adjective)
Descendants
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