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- noun anatomy The
bone of theheel ; thecalcaneus .
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- noun the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel
Etymologies
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The church even asked von Hagens to plastinate the heelbone of Hildegard of Bingen.
The body--it's worth looking into Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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Rational Review 2009
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I broke my heelbone in mid-july ... needed screws, plates, the works.
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(essentially shoe inserts) such as heel pads to change the angle between the heelbone and the plantar fascia.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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` lime '— the substance, not the fruit — and ` heelbone.'
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