1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. ,Talo-scaphoid.
1890 Billings Nat. Med. Dict. ,Talo-calcaneal,..Talo-calcaneal articulation... Talo-fibular ligaments,..anterior and middle fascicles of external lateral ligament of ankle-joint... Talo-scaphoid articulation..Talo-tibial ligaments,..passing between the internal malleus and astragalus.
1900 Dorland Med. Dict. 668/1Talocalcanean.
1907 Morris & McMurrich Treat. HumanAnat. (ed. 4) III. 304The articulations of the anterior and posterior portions of the tarsus..consist of two separate joints, viz. , (i) an inner, the talo-navicular, which communicates with the anterior talo-calcaneal articulation; and (ii) an outer, the calcaneo-cuboid.
1913 Gray's Anat. (ed. 18) 402 (heading)Talocalcaneonavicular articulation.
1962 Ibid. (ed. 33) 559The lateral talocalcanean ligament..passes downwards and backwards from the lateral process of the talus to be attached to the lateral surface of the calcaneus.
1977 Bone & Joint Diseases ( Brit. Med. Assoc. ) 3The talo⁓navicular joint has been replaced experimentally.
Ibid. , 113Talipes equinovarus or clubfoot is a limb anomaly that is best regarded as a congenital dislocation at the talo⁓calcaneonavicular joint.
1979 R. H. Freiberger et al. Arthrography xi. 238/1The most commonly injured of the lateral supporting ligaments of the ankle is the anterior talofibular ligament.
1979 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 1594/2Simple rigidity of the talocalcaneal joint increases oxygen consumption during walking by up to 20%.
ORIGIN: from Latin talus ankle bone: see -o- .
talo-
combining form
Etymology: Latin talus ankle, anklebone
: astragalar and
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