| 单词 | fallen arch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfallen arch b. Anatomy. One of the arches formed by the tarsal and metatarsal bones of the foot; fallen arch, one that has flattened. Also attributive, as arch support, a device worn in the shoe to provide support for the arch of the foot. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > bones of foot > [noun] navicular?a1425 metatarsus?c1425 heel bone1516 astragalus?1541 bonket1552 cube-bone1615 die-bone1634 os calcis1634 foot bone1658 tarsus1676 pterna1684 talus1684 navicular bone1696 astragal1728 calcaneum1728 cuboid bone1829 cuboid1836 metatarsal1837 metapodium1844 tarso-metatarsal1851 arch1858 intermedium1878 tarsal1881 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disorders of extremities > of the foot foot evil1562 buniona1718 onion1785 Madura foot1855 fallen arch1858 claw-foot1862 foot-drop1886 tarsalgia1890 Morton's metatarsalgia1891 fallen instep1904 Madura disease1904 trench foot1915 maduromycosis1916 drop-foot1921 immersion foot1941 the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > appliances for foot toe-plate1894 heel brace1899 arch support1939 1858 G. M. Humphry Treat. Human Skeleton 492 The plantar arch. The foot is..made in the shape of an arch. The summit of the arch is at the top of the astragalus. The hinder limb of the arch is formed..by the os calcis; and the anterior limb is formed by the other tarsal and the metatarsal bones. 1858 G. M. Humphry Treat. Human Skeleton 495 The arch yields..at the joint between the astragalus and the navicular bone, the person becomes ‘flat-footed’. 1858 G. M. Humphry Treat. Human Skeleton 495 The well-formed foot presents other arches besides the one chief plantar arch which we have been considering. 1875 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 7 211 Cases in which the tarsal arch has given way, but has not been obliterated. 1939 M. Spring Rice Working-class Wives v. 109 She has had varicose veins..for which the doctor has advised elastic stockings and arch supports. 1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I (1947) i. 16 She toed out and had trouble with her arches. fallen arch fallen arch n. an arch of the foot (see arch n.1 4b) that is considered to be flatter than normal; the condition of having such an arch or arches (also in plural); cf. flat-foot n. 1a. ΚΠ 1889 Lancet 6 Apr. 677/1 The mere fact that there is an architectural failure in the fallen arch, and so some deformity, is not..sufficient [to justify an operation]. 1921 Boot & Shoe Recorder 26 Nov. 80/2 (advt.) The appearance of fallen arch is not the flattening of the arch of the foot but the incorrect relation of the ankle bones to the bones of the foot. 1980 M. F. Weisenfeld & B. Burr Runners' Repair Man. 80 This condition, which used to be called fallen arches, is now known as weak foot. 2005 Independent on Sunday 24 July (Review Suppl.) 29/3 I have recently been told I have fallen arches and been instructed to wear orthotics in my shoes. < as lemmas |
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