before a vowel tars-, comb. form of Gr. ταρσός, TARSUS, a formative of technical terms of anatomy, pathology, and surgery.
ǁ Tarsalgia [Gr. -αλγια, ἄλγος, pain], (a) a general term for pain in the tarsus; (b) see quot. Tarsectomy [Gr. ἐκτομή excision], excision of one or more of the tarsal bones. ǁ Tarsectopia [ECTOPIA], displacement of the tarsus. ǁ Tarsoclasis [Gr. κλάσις fracture], (a) rupture of the tarsal cartilages (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1899); (b) rupture of the fibrous tissue forming the basis of the eyelids (Cassell, Suppl., 1902). ǁ Tarsomalacia [Gr. μαλακία softness], a softening of the palpebral cartilages (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1899). Tarsophalangeal a., pertaining to or connecting the tarsus and the phalanges. ǁ Tarsophyma [Gr. φῦμα tumor], a swelling or tumor of the tarsus (Dunglison, 1857). Tarsoplasty [-PLASTY], plastic surgery of the eyelid (Syd. Soc. Lex.). Tarsorrhaphy [Gr. ῥαφή seam], plastic suture of the eyelid. Tarsotarsal a., = medio-tarsal (see MEDIO-). Tarsotibial a., = TIBIOTARSAL. Tarsotomy [Gr. τομή cutting]: see quot. 1857.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., *Tarsalgia,… peculiar neuralgic affection of the foot, often with some fattening of the arch and contraction of the plantar muscles; observed in policemen, soldiers, etc. Ibid. *Tarsectomy.
1891. Lancet, 28 Feb., 491/1. A case in which Syme’s amputation had been performed on one foot and tarsectomy on the other for severe talipes.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., *Tarsectopia.
1890. in Billings, Nat. Med. Dict.
1871. Huxley, Anat. Vertebr. Anim., viii. 333. The *tarsophalangeal synostosis above described is freely movable on the astragalus.
1846. Brittan, trans. Malgaigne’s Man. Oper. Surg., 277. In the second case are employed excision of the conjunctiva, excision of the tarsal cartilage, V shaped excision of the lid, *tarsoraphy.
1898. P. Manson, Trop. Diseases, xxvi. 421. Tarsorraphy for ectropion of the lower lid … may sometimes have to be performed.
1857. Dunglison, Dict. Med. Sc., *Tarsotomy,… the section or removal of the tarsal cartilages.
1893. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 18 Feb., 341/2. Tarsotomy … is of service where the varus is the chief defect.
