ACHIL`LES

ACHIL`LES
   the son of Peleus and Thetis, king of the Myrmidons, the most famous of the Greek heroes in the Trojan war, and whose wrath with the consequences of it forms the subject of the Iliad of Homer. He was invulnerable except in the heel, at the point where his mother held him as she dipt his body in the Styx to render him invulnerable.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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  • Achil·les' heel — /əˈkıliz / noun, pl ⋯ heels [count] : a fault or weakness that causes or could cause someone or something to fail I m trying to lose weight, but ice cream is my Achilles heel. This year, the team s Achilles heel is its pitching. [=the team could… …   Useful english dictionary

  • achil — achil·les ; …   English syllables

  • les' — achil·les ; col·les ; …   English syllables

  • achilles' — achil·les …   English syllables

  • Achilles heel — Achil′les (or Achil′les ) heel′ n. a vulnerable point • Etymology: 1800–10 …   From formal English to slang

  • Achilles tendon — Achil′les (or Achil′les ) ten′don n. anat. the tendon joining the calf muscles to the heel bone • Etymology: 1900–05 …   From formal English to slang

  • Achillessehne — Achil|les|seh|ne 〈[ axı̣l ] f. 19; Anat.〉 Sehne, die die Wadenmuskeln mit dem hinteren Rand des Fersenbeins verbindet * * * Achịl|les|seh|ne, die; , n [analog zu ↑ Achillesferse] (Anat.): Sehne, die zwischen Fersenbein und Wadenmuskel verläuft.… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Achilles reflex — Achil·les reflex ə kil ēz n ANKLE JERK * * * Achilles tendon reflex triceps surae r …   Medical dictionary

  • Achilles bursa jerk (reflex) tendon — Achil·les bur·sa, jerk (reflex), tendon (ə kilґēz) [Gr. Achilleus Greek hero, whose mother held him by the heel to dip him in the Styx] see bursa tendinis calcanei, triceps surae jerk, under jerk, and tendo calcaneus …   Medical dictionary

  • Achillesferse — Achil|les|fer|se [a xilɛs...] die; <nach der einzigen verwundbaren Stelle am Körper des Helden der griech. Sage Achilles> verwundbare, empfindliche, schwache Stelle bei einem Menschen …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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