calcaneus

Questions about calcaneus

What does calcaneus mean?

calcaneus means "the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel".

How many syllables are in calcaneus?

calcaneus has 4 syllables and divides as cal-ca-ne-us under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for calcaneus?

Close synonyms include heelbone, os tarsi fibulare. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calcaneus a common word?

calcaneus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.