SINCE 1828
hindfoot
noun
hind·foot
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Medical Definition of hindfoot
1
usually hind foot
: one of the posterior feet of a quadruped
2
: the posterior part of the human foot that contains the calcaneus, talus, navicular, and cuboid bones
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