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ANKLEBONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
Synonyms:
anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("anklebone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("anklebone" is a part of...):
ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint (a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus)
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