calcaneum

[ kal-key-nee-uhm ]

noun,plural cal·ca·ne·a [kal-key-nee-uh]. /kælˈkeɪ ni ə/.

Origin of calcaneum

1
1745–55; short for Latin (os) calcāneum (bone) of the heel, equivalent to calc- (stem of calx) heel + -āneum, neuter of -āneus;see -an, -eous

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