Defenition of the word astragalus

• Defenition of the word astragalus

  • The bone in the ankle connecting to the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
  • the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
  • large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae

Synonyms for the word astragalus

• • anklebone
  • astragal
  • Astragalus
  • genus Astragalus
  • talus

Meronymys for the word astragalus

• • ankle
  • ankle joint
  • articulatio talocruralis
  • milk vetch
  • milkvetch
  • mortise joint
  • Papilionoideae
  • subfamily Papilionoideae

Hypernyms for the word astragalus

• • bone
  • os
  • rosid dicot genus

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