Achilles tendon

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.

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Origin

  • , a term devised by the Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyden in 1693 in reference to the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

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