tars-, tarso-
(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)
blepharorrhaphy, tarsorrhaphy
A partial or complete suture of the eyelid margins performed to shorten the palpebral fissure or to protect the cornea.
digitometatarsal
A reference to the toes and the metatarsus.
ectrometatarsia
A developmental absence of one or more metatarsal bones.
entometatarse
longitarsal
Having a long tarsus. A tarsus is the first or posterior part of the foot; a collective name for the seven small bones of the human ankle, arranged in two transverse series.
metatarsal
1. Belonging to or relating to the bones between the toes and ankle.
2. Any bone between the toes and ankle.
3. One of the five cylindrical bones of the feet which extend from the heels to the toes.
2. Any bone between the toes and ankle.
3. One of the five cylindrical bones of the feet which extend from the heels to the toes.
Pain in in the region of the metatarsals in the foot: After checking and examining Joe's feet, Dr. Thompson came to the conclusion that Joe had a condition of metatarsalgia affecting the bones between his toes and his ankles.
metatarsectomy
metatarso-phalangeal
Belonging to the metatarsus and the phalanges; a metatarso-phalangeal joint.
palpebral cartilage; tarsal cartilage
One of the thin plates of connective tissue resembling cartilage that form the framework of the eyelid.
tarsal
Pain in the tarsus or in the instep of the foot, or the ankle and the foot: The most common origins of tarsalgia are injury and structural conditions, which normally pertain to high or low arches.
tarsalia
tarsalis
tarsectomy
