ACHILLES' TENDON

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


n.

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.


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