tarsalgia

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noun

Pain in the tarsus.

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Meanings

nountarsalgia (usually uncountable, plural tarsalgias)

plural tarsalgias

  1. uncountableusuallymedicinePain in the tarsus.

    Formerly, I treated old standing tarsalgias with the saw or the chisel, like all other surgeons.

    1916, Jean-François Calot, translated by A. H. Robinson, Indispensable orthopaedics: a handbook of treatment, 2nd English edition, volume II, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, translation of original in French, published 1921, page 662

Origin

From tarso- + -algia.

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APA

tarsalgia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarsalgia

MLA

“tarsalgia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarsalgia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tarsalgia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarsalgia.

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