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A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.
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noun
The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.
A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
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Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.
The shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile.
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noun
The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.
The true foot or the fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw.
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noun
A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.
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noun
the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively
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Broader terms: skeletal structure
History
From Latin Tarsus, from Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós), ultimately from Hittite Tarsa.
Borrowed from New Latin tarsus.
Across languages
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