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an·kle

n 1 a  :  the joint between the foot and the leg that constitutes in humans a ginglymus joint between the tibia and fibula above and the talus below - called also ankle joint   b  :  the region of the ankle joint  2  :  the joint between the cannon bone and pastern (as in the horse) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  an·gle  anguli 

 
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