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Webster 1913 Edition
Tarsus
Tar′sus
,Noun.
pl.
Tarsi
(#)
. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] the flat of the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Cf. 2d
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.
(Zool.)
The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tarsus
T`ARSUS
,Noun.