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A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale. Tarsal tetter (Med.), an eruptive disease of the edges of the eyelids; a kind of bleareye.

the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.

Between the metatarsal bones.

Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations.

A metatarsal bone.

Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal articulations.

Of or pertaining to both to the tibia and the tarsus; as, the tibiotarsal articulation.

hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.

The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.

One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.

Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.

A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. -- Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al, a.

) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale. (b) One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See under Navicular.

ove freely. -- Splint bone (Anat.), one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones on either side of the cannon bone in the limbs of the horse and allied animals. -- Splint coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.

nal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.

The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.

ense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.

Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.

A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary.