English Explanatory Dictionary

tarsus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.
  2. A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
  3. The shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile.
  4. The true foot or the fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw.
  5. A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.
name
  1. A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɑː.səs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tarsus.wav /ˈtɑɹ.səs/

Word forms

tarsus tarsi

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin tarsus.

Synonyms

Tarsa Tarsos Antioch Antioch on the Cydnus Juliopolis

Related words

acrotarsium tarsometatarsus

Derived words

apicotarsus basitarsus distitarsus epitarsus foretarsus hypotarsus mesotarsus metatarsus pretarsus protarsus tarsal tarsectomy tarsused telotarsus tibiotarsus

Translations

Aleut: kitax̂ Arabic: رُصُغ Bulgarian: пищял Catalan: tars Czech: zánártí Finnish: nilkka Finnish: kinttu French: tarse German: Fußwurzel German: Tarsus Hungarian: lábtő Polish: stęp Portuguese: tarso Russian: предплюсна́ Slovak: priehlavok
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