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tarsal, a. (n.)|ˈtɑːsəl|
[ad. mod.L. tarsāl-is, f. L. tars-us: see tarsus and -al1.]
1. Of or pertaining to the tarsus of the ankle or foot, in its various senses.
1817Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1818) II. xxiii. 328 The grasshoppers with setaceous antennæ..have four tarsal joints. 1826Ibid. III. xxxv. 670 The tibia or shank is the fourth joint of the leg, which..is the analogue..of the tarsus or tarsal bones of vertebrate animals. 1840G. V. Ellis Anat. 712 The tarsal artery..gives branches to the extensor, to the bones of the tarsus and their articulations. 1851Richardson Geol. viii. (1855) 314 The foot, like the hand, [consisting] of three ranges of bones, tarsal, metatarsal, and phalanges. 1875C. C. Blake Zool. 94 The number of tarsal scales is a specific test in most birds. 1875Cambridge in Encycl. Brit. II. 295/2 The third, or inferior tarsal claw [of spiders]. 1883Thompson tr. Müller's Fertil. Fl. 51 The carrying-power of the tarsal brushes is increased.
2. Of or pertaining to the tarsi of the eyelids.
1839T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 119 The eyelids are without cilia and tarsal cartilages. 1889G. A. Berry Dis. Eye i. 2 An oily secretion is formed in the tarsal, or Meibomian glands. 1890Webster, Tarsal tetter,..an eruptive disease of the edges of the eyelids.
B. n. Short for tarsal bone, joint, etc.
1881Mivart Cat 341 The tarsals each ossify from one centre, as do the carpals. 1888Athenæum 17 Mar. 344/3 A paper..‘On the Carpus and Tarsus of the Anura.’..In the hind foot they recorded the discovery of a fourth tarsal. 1889E. D. Cope in Amer. Naturalist Oct. 863 Carpals and tarsals not distinct in form from metapodials. |