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单词 tarsal
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tarsaladj.n.

/ˈtɑːsəl/
Etymology: < modern Latin tarsālis, < Latin tarsus : see tarsus n. and -al suffix1.
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the tarsus of the ankle or foot, in its various senses.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > ankle > [adjective]
ankled1572
tarsal1817
thick-ankled1897
1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxiii. 328 The grasshoppers with setaceous antennæ..have four tarsal joints.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) 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.
1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 712 The tarsal artery..gives branches to the extensor, to the bones of the tarsus and their articulations.
1851 G. F. Richardson Geol. (1855) viii. 314 The foot, like the hand, [consisting] of three ranges of bones, tarsal, metatarsal, and phalanges.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 94 The number of tarsal scales is a specific test in most birds.
1875 Cambridge in Encycl. Brit. II. 295/2 The third, or inferior tarsal claw [of spiders].
1883 D. W. Thompson tr. H. Müller Fertilisation of Flowers 51 The carrying-power of the tarsal brushes is increased.
2. Of or pertaining to the tarsi of the eyelids.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > eyelid > connective tissue of
tarsal1839
1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 119 The eyelids are without cilia and tarsal cartilages.
1889 G. A. Berry Dis. Eye i. 2 An oily secretion is formed in the tarsal, or Meibomian glands.
1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tarsal tetter,..an eruptive disease of the edges of the eyelids.
B. n.
Short for tarsal bone, tarsal joint, etc.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > tarsal bone
talus1684
tarsal1881
mesopodial1890
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
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 341 The tarsals each ossify from one centre, as do the carpals.
1888 Athenæum 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.
1889 E. D. Cope in Amer. Naturalist Oct. 863 Carpals and tarsals not distinct in form from metapodials.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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adj.n.1817
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