Word Meanings - ASTRAGALUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

Related words: (words related to ASTRAGALUS)

• ANKLED
  Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• ANKLE
  The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus. (more info) ökkla, ökli, Dan. and Sw. ankel, D. enklaauw, enkel, G. enkel, and perh. OHG. encha, ancha thigh, shin: cf. Skr. anga limb,
• TIBIA
  The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• TIBIAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a tibia. 2. Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute. Tibial spur , a spine frequently borne on the tibia of insects. See Illust. under Coleoptera.
• TARSUS
  The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints. (more info) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones. A plate of
• TIBIALE
  The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.
• ANKLET
  An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
• CRANKLE
  To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips.
• PRETIBIAL
  Situated in front of the tibia.
• TARSOMETATARSUS
  The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
• RANKLE
  Etym: 1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. A malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke. 2. To
• STIBIAL
  Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.
• METATARSUS
  That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
• THANKLESS
  1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! Shak. 2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
• STIBIALISM
  Antimonial intoxication or poisoning. Dunglison.
• CLANKLESS
  Without a clank. Byreon.
• STIBIATED
  Combined or impregnated with antimony . Stibiated tartar. See Tartar emetic, under Tartar.
• WANKLE
  Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. Grose.
• HYPOTARSUS
  A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process. -- Hy`po*tar"sal, a.