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TENDO ACHILLIS

\tˈɛndə͡ʊ ɐt͡ʃˈɪliz], \tˈɛndə‍ʊ ɐt‍ʃˈɪliz], \t_ˈɛ_n_d_əʊ ɐ_tʃ_ˈɪ_l_i_z]\

Definitions of TENDO ACHILLIS

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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the tendon of the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles at the back of the heel.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: chorda Achillis. The thickest and strongest tendon of the body, made up by the union of the tendons of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, and inserted into the middle of the posterior surface of the tuberosity of the os calcis.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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