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astragalus
N กระดูก ส่วน ข้อต่อ ของ ตาตุ่ม kra-dook-suan-khor-tor-khong-tar-toom
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ASTRAGALUS
As *trag "a *lus, n. Etym: [L. See Astragal. ]
1. (Anat. )
Defn: The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeæ, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A.verus.
3. (Arch. )
Defn: See Astragal, 1.
New American Oxford Dictionary
astragalus
as trag a lus |əˈstragələs əˈstræɡələs | ▶noun ( pl. astragali |-ˌlī | ) chiefly Zoology another term for talus 1. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek astragalos ‘ankle bone, molding, ’ also the name of a vetch.
Oxford Dictionary
astragalus
astragalus |əˈstrag (ə )ləs | ▶noun ( pl. astragali |-lʌɪ | ) 1 chiefly Zoology another term for talus 1 (ankle bone ). • (astragali ) historical small bones used as dice. 2 a plant of a genus that includes milk vetch. ●Genus Astragalus, family Leguminosae. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek astragalos ‘ankle bone, moulding ’, also the name of a plant.
Duden Dictionary
Astragalus
As t ra ga lus, As tra ga lus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Astr a galus |der Astragalus; Genitiv: des Astragalus, Plural: die Astragali 1 veraltet oberster Fußwurzelknochen Sprungbein 2 antiker Spielstein aus dem Sprungbein von Schafen gefertigt 3 Astragal
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