单词 | heel bone |
释义 | heel bonen. The largest of the human ankle bones, the posterior part of which forms the heel; (also) the homologous bone in other vertebrates (rare). Also called calcaneum, calcaneus, os calcis. 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 1516 tr. Kalender of Shepeherdes (1892) 103 Behynde the ankle is the hele bone [Fr. los du tallon] in eche fote the whiche is the lowest parte of a man. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 35v The inferiour part of the heele bone, whereby we tread, and go forwardes, was requisite to be somewhat broad, for the safer settyng of the foote. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xxxviii. 234 The fracture of this heele-bone, is very dangerous, because of the pressing and contusion of the vessels. 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse v. xvi. 234 Onely that which is the hindmost and largest of them [sc. the bones of the hock] deserves to have particular notice taken of it, and that is it which is truly, and ought to be called the Heel-bone. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 297 The internal Side of the Heel-bone is hollowed. 1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 10 Sept. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 193 There was a heel-bone, in particular, which Dr. McLeod said was such, that, if the foot was in proportion, it must have been twenty-seven inches long. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 339/2 This horizontal position of the heel-bone is one of the arguments..in support of the assertion that the erect posture is natural to man. 1877 H. A. Nicholson Anc. Life-hist. Earth xxii. 350 The heel-bone (calcaneum) [of the Megathere] is nearly half a yard in length. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1301 The heel-bone or os calcis forms the hind pier of the arch or instep of the foot. 1992 Dancing Times Dec. 274/1 The achilles tendon joins the two main calf muscles to the heel bone, or calcaneus. 2006 Wellness Options 15 Aug. 34/2 [Heel pain] Occurs at the base of the heel, where the Achilles tendon is attached to the heel bone (calcaneum). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1516 |
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