English-Thai Dictionary

tarsus

N กระดูก ข้อเท้า (ศัพท์เฉพาะ ทาง แพทย์  ฝ่าเท้า  ankle kra-duk-kor-tao

 

tarsus

N ขอบตา  kob-ta

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TARSUS

n.That part of the foot to which the leg is articulated, the front of which is called the instep.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TARSUS

Tar "sus, n.; pl. Tarsi. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. Tarse. ]

 

1. (Anat. ) (a ) 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.(b ) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Tarsus

Tar sus |ˈtärsəs ˈtɑrsəs | an ancient city in southern Turkey, now a market town. It is the birthplace of St. Paul.

 

tarsus

tar sus |ˈtärsəs ˈtɑrsəs | ▶noun ( pl. tarsi |ˈtärsī, -sē | ) 1 Anatomy a group of small bones between the main part of the hind limb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot. They are the talus, calcaneus, navicular, and cuboid and the three cuneiform bones. • Zoology the shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile. • Zoology the foot or fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw. 2 Anatomy a thin sheet of fibrous connective tissue that supports the edge of each eyelid. ORIGIN late Middle English: modern Latin, from Greek tarsos ‘flat of the foot, the eyelid. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Tarsus

Tarsus |ˈtɑːsəs | an ancient city in southern Turkey, the capital of Cilicia and the birthplace of St Paul. It is now a market town.

 

tarsus

tarsus |ˈtɑːsəs | ▶noun ( pl. tarsi |-sʌɪ, -siː | ) Anatomy 1 a group of small bones between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot. They are the talus, calcaneus, navicular, and cuboid, and the three cuneiform bones. • Zoology the shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile. • Zoology the foot or fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw. 2 a thin sheet of fibrous connective tissue which supports the edge of each eyelid. ORIGIN late Middle English: modern Latin, from Greek tarsos ‘flat of the foot, the eyelid ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Tarsus

Tar sus Eigenname |T a rsus |griechisch Stadt in Kleinasien

 

Tarsus

Tar sus Substantiv, maskulin , der |T a rsus |der Tarsus; Genitiv: des Tarsus, Plural: die Tarsusen griechisch-neulateinisch 1 Fußwurzel 2 Lidknorpel 3 Zoologie aus mehreren Abschnitten bestehender Fußteil des Insektenbeins