(n.) The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this group there was only one case of mild ankle discomfort (3.5%).
(2) Anatomic and roentgenographic criteria used for the assessment of reduction in ankle fractures are highlighted in this review of ankle trauma.
(3) Formation of the functional contour plaster bandage within the limits of the foot along the border of the fissure of the ankle joint with preservation of the contours of the ankles 4-8 weeks after the treatment was started in accordance with the severity of the fractures of the ankles in 95 patients both without (6) and with (89) dislocation of the bone fragments allowed to achieve the bone consolidation of the ankle fragments with recovery of the supportive ability of the extremity in 85 (89.5%) of the patients, after 6-8 weeks (7.2%) in the patients without displacement and after 10-13 weeks (11.3%) with displacement of the bone fragments of the ankles.
(4) He missed the start of the season while rehabbing from last season's ankle injury, played exactly six games with the Los Angeles Lakers before getting hurt again and even if he's healthy he may still sit the game out .
(5) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
(6) Based on review examination of 224 patients 5 years after their ankle fractures, the authors demonstrate a significant worsening of prognosis with fractures of the anterior or posterior tibial margin.
(7) The increase in the mean resting ankle-arm index 1 year after conventional angioplasty (0.26) was greater than that after laser angioplasty (0.12).
(8) Trousers were cropped or rolled at the ankle, a styling trick that is emerging as a trend across the shows.
(9) This article will review the orthopaedic conditions wherein ankle arthroscopy has utility, the advantages and disadvantages of arthroscopy, and nursing considerations for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient care.
(10) The study illustrates the possible importance of the muscle force on the load across the knee and ankle.
(11) The somatograms demonstrated that the ballet dancers had relatively smaller upper arms and larger calves and ankles compared with the reference female.
(12) 1-1 2.15am GMT 48 mins Giles Barnes is down again, turning his ankle under a challenge (but not actually touched by the tackle).
(13) Arthrography was assessed in 61 cases of recurrent lateral sprains of the ankle more than 2 weeks after acute injury; 38 were considered as positive.
(14) The insertion of stent was succeeded in all 4 cases, and the improvement of clinical symptoms and elevation of ankle pressure index were observed.
(15) The incidence of tibial fractures, ankle injuries and lacerations also declined.
(16) We have to improve our playing style and beat our opponents more easily.” Van Gaal was also careful to provide an exact statement on the England full-back Luke Shaw, who suffered an ankle injury against Arsenal.
(17) We assessed the function of the posterior malleolus, the anterior tibiofibular ligament, and the fibula with regard to posterior stability of the talus in ten ankles of cadavera.
(18) Sciatic nerve branches (lateral and medial) of anesthetized rabbits were stimulated to produce single contractions or co-contraction at the ankle and simultaneous bilateral joint movements.
(19) Ankle arthrodesis treated by external fixation frequently results in complications from pin tract infections, loss of position, nonunion, and malunion.
(20) We propose that the determination of the "talo-crural angle" on the uninjured side will serve as a guide for the adequate closed reduction of the fractured ankle, if it is reduced to within 2 degrees of the "talo-crural angle" of the uninjured side.
Inkle
Definition:
(n.) A kind of tape or braid.
(v. t.) To guess.
Example Sentences:
(1) 'Co-operating with the authorities' Stahl, a New Jersey-based attorney who specialises in representing people from the former Soviet Union, stressed that his client had been fully co-operating with the FBI and that he had no inkling that the items removed from Tsasrnaev's dorm room were connected to the bombings.
(2) The very first inkling of what would be dubbed the Bristol sound was the Wild Bunch's spartan treatment of Bacharach and David's classic The Look of Love , released in 1988 on 4th & Broadway.
(3) Samsung's lawyers may have some inkling of the amount, because of a per-handset deal Samsung has made with Microsoft to license patents the software giant claims are infringed by Android.
(4) They might wonder whatever happened to nu-metal, although the rise of emo might have given them an inkling; and they might be bemused by the sheer number of synthesiser-prodding female singer-songwriters, such as Lady Gaga and Little Boots.
(5) We’d had some inkling that she wanted to move to a different city, but I share parental responsibility for Charlie: those sorts of decisions, and changing schools, can’t happen if I don’t agree.” Feeling worried by his ex-wife’s plans, Johnson had applied under his own steam to the family court for a prohibited steps order.
(6) When exhausted European leaders emerged from all-night negotiations in Brussels last month with a "comprehensive" plan to claw the euro back from the abyss, they could have had no inkling that, less than a fortnight later, it would have so comprehensively collapsed.
(7) He probably had an inkling he wasn't going to share a cognac with Kissinger that evening, but it spoke volumes that he tried.
(8) Teachers and pupils at the duchess's old school, where she showed off her hockey skills and then had lunch, said they had "no inkling" of her pregnancy.
(9) Megumi's parents had no inkling of the nature of her disappearance until 1997, when Ahn Myong-jin, a former North Korean spy who defected to the South, talked at length about an abducted Japanese girl matching her description.
(10) "There was another one – Two – who we had an inkling was for intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, but we haven't heard that one mentioned for a while leading us to believe he has been either killed or escaped into the desert.
(11) Guy Jubb, head of corporate governance at Standard Life, has said: "I don't believe anyone had an inkling that this payment, which is almost the largest figure in the remuneration report, was going to surface."
(12) The wounds from this fight seem fresh even now, probably because, as Dawkins suggests, the assault came from so close to home and without warning: "They did this thing in print without giving him the slightest inkling what was going on," he says.
(13) Last year the justices deadlocked 4-4 when trying to decide the extent of Barack Obama’s authority to shield undocumented people from deportation, and they released no inkling of their arguments.
(14) Portman said that up until that point he had had no inkling that his son was anything other than straight.
(15) From the age of six you have an inkling of your own mortality, and most have a good understanding of what's going on.
(16) Whereas Topolanek's homophobia has forced his resignation there is no inkling that Cameron is willing to take action against Grayling.
(17) He said: "First of all, I think my text to him was saying basically, 'I'm worried this process doesn't look like it's being run fairly,' and his response was saying, 'Well, we've got a solution,' and I think in between me sending a text to him and me getting that response, at official level we had an inkling that No 10 were thinking of transferring the responsibility to me as a way of dealing with the issue."
(18) Parliament passed the Ripa law to allow GCHQ to trawl for information, but it did so 13 years ago with no inkling of the scale on which GCHQ would attempt to exploit the certificates, enabling it to gather and process data regardless of whether it belongs to identified targets.
(19) Emmanuel has an inkling: "I think soap actors are totally underrated on how hard they work: you're prepared to go the extra mile to get the job done.
(20) Sri Lanka’s idyllic palm-fringed beaches with new tourist resorts give no inkling of the country’s grim recent history: a nearly three-decades-long, brutal and bloody conflict that ended almost five years ago with the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, known as the Tamil Tigers.