achilles tendon

2 definitions found

achilles tendon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Achilles' tendon \A*chil"les' ten"don\, n. [L. Achillis tendo.]
     (Anat.)
     The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large
     muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of
     the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of
     Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River
     Styx.
     [1913 Webster]

achilles tendon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Achilles tendon
      n 1: a large tendon that runs from the heel to the calf [syn:
           Achilles tendon, tendon of Achilles]