Usually means: Connective tissue, heel to calf.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word achilles tendon:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. Achilles tendon: Merriam-Webster
  2. Achilles tendon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Achilles tendon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Achilles tendon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Achilles tendon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Achilles tendon: Wordnik
  7. Achilles tendon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Achilles' tendon, Achilles tendon: Wiktionary
  9. Achilles tendon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Achilles tendon: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Achilles' tendon, Achilles tendon, achilles' tendon: Dictionary.com
  12. Achilles tendon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Achilles' tendon, Achilles tendon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Achilles' tendon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. Achilles tendon: Rhymezone
  16. Achilles' tendon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. achilles tendon: FreeDictionary.org
  18. achilles tendon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Achilles' tendon, Achilles tendon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Achilles Tendon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. achilles tendon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  22. Achilles tendon: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Achilles' tendon, Achilles tendon: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Achilles tendon: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Achilles tendon, Tendon, Achilles: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Achilles tendon: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. Achilles' tendon, Achilles tendon: Medical dictionary
  8. Achilles' tendon: Whonamedit.com
  9. Achilles tendon, Tendon, Achilles: Drug Medical Dictionary
  10. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. achilles tendon: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See achilles_tendons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Achilles tendon)

noun:  (anatomy) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, and inserted into the bone of the heel.

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