How to pronounce calcaneus

noun, plural cal·ca·ne·i [kal-key-nee-ahy].

The calcaneus (heel bone) is the largest of the tarsal bones in the foot. It lies at the back of the foot (hindfoot) below the three bones that make up the ankle joint. These three bones are the: Tibia — shinbone. Fibula—smaller bone in the lower leg.

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calcaneus (n.)

“heel-bone,” 1751, from Latin (os) calcaneum “bone of the heel,” from calcem (nominative calx (1)) “heel,” a word of uncertain origin, perhaps from Etruscan.