talus
/ˈteɪləs/
noun
- The ankle bone that connects the leg to the foot.
- Runners sometimes develop stress fractures in the talus from overuse.
- She fractured her talus while hiking on uneven terrain.
- The doctor pointed to the talus on the X-ray to show where the injury was.
- A sloping mass of rock fragments at the base of a cliff or mountain.
- Geologists studied the talus to understand how the cliff was eroding.
- Hikers had to carefully cross the talus slope below the cliff.
- The mountain goat picked its way across the loose talus without slipping.
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