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  • noun A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation.
  • noun anatomy The Achilles' tendon, the tendo Achillis.

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From Greek hero Achilles, whom according to legend his mother held by the heel when she dipped him in the River Styx, making him invulnerable everywhere except on his heel.

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