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Vinony

tarsus

noun

  1. connective tissue in the eyelid
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɑː.səs/ / /ˈtɑɹ.səs/

name

Etymology: From Latin Tarsus, from Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós), ultimately from Hittite Tarsa.

  1. A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree New Latin tarsusbor. English tarsus Borrowed from New Latin tarsus.

  1. The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.
  2. The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.

    “On the ledge, the guillemots shuffle awkwardly about on their tarsi, the long bone connecting the ‘ankle’ to the feet.”

  3. The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.
  4. A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.