Talus vs Scaphoid - What's the difference?
talus | scaphoid |
(anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
(geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
* 1994 , Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing ,
(architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
In anatomy terms the difference between talus and scaphoid
is that talus is the bone of the ankle while scaphoid is carpal navicular bone.As an adjective scaphoid is
shaped like a boat, navicular.talus
English
(wikipedia talus)Alternative forms
* tallusEtymology 1
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* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(es)- By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.
References
* William Duane,A Military Dictionary, p. 179. *