Achilles tendon
Meaning
The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, and inserted into the bone of the heel.
Synonyms
Translations
tendon d’Achille
tendine di Achille
Achillessehne
tendó d'Aquil·les
achillespees
Tendo calcaneus
Tendão calcâneo Tendão de Aquiles Tendão de aquiles Tendão-de-aquiles
tendón aquíleoEtymology
Calque of New Latin tendo Achillis, in reference to the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx. Its coinage has been attributed to Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyden in 1693, but the term is first attested in 1684.
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