Phys. [L. (os) calcāneum, f. calc-em heel.] The bone of the heel.
1798. C. H. Wilkinson, Ess. Phys. & Philos., 39. The Calcaneum or hock.
1866. Huxley, Preh. Rem. Caithn., 94. The whole length of the limb from the
head of the femur to the under surface of the calcaneum.