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(Greek > Latin: ankle, tarsal plate of the eyelid; from Greek tarsos, frame of wickerwork; broad, flat surface, as also in tarsos podos, the flat of the foot, instep of the foot; the edge of the eyelid)
(Greek: anklebone, talus ball of ankle joint; dice, die [the Greeks made these from ankle bones])
(Greek: the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)
(Latin: the ankle, anklebone)
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“ankle”
ankle clonus, foot clonus
A series of abnormal reflex movements of the foot, induced by sudden dorsiflexion, causing alternate contractions and relaxations of the triceps surae muscle.
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clon-, clono-, clonus-
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