talus


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Synonyms for talus

a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff

the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint

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"Talus Vortex FX catapults Magma's place-and-route technology far beyond anything else out there," said Rajeev Madhavan, Magma chief executive officer.
Magma's Talus IC implementation software provides advanced capabilities for nanometer design within an integrated and highly automated RTL-to-GDSII flow.
Unlike a traditional sports coupe, Talus can tackle tougher terrain thanks to its increased ground clearance.
Vilbaste (1939) indicated the significance of landslides and soil creep in the development of the fore-klint talus in eastern Estonia.
The Talus Cellars brand offers fruity wines at a good price that are designed to appeal to new wine drinkers, Lisa Farrell, director of communications for Canandaigua said via e-mail.
The Iowa Pleistocene snail now occurs nowhere else in the world but at 37 algific talus slopes in Iowa and Illinois.
North American pikas (Ochotona princeps), small mammals belonging to the Order Lagomorpha, inhabit rocky, talus slopes above the tree line throughout western North America.
The most readily testable predictions (numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5) were evaluated by comparing species-richness and community-composition patterns within two northeastern Iowa refugia: algific talus slopes (paleorefugia) and fens (neorefugia).
I was probably 30 feet above the floor of the pit and there was a talus slope reposing at an angle of approximately 45 [degrees] between me and the bottom of the pit.
They dash back and forth between the talus and the meadows where they forage, returning each time to their hay piles near the center of their territories.
The discovery of a linear train of vein quartz and brecciated vein, extending 230 m northeasterly from a talus sample that assayed 2340 g/t gold and 597 g/t silver to an outcrop of altered and oxidized breccia grading 33.3 g/t gold and 654 g/t silver.
This patent, entitled 'Surgical Kit for Repair of Articular Surfaces in the Talocrural Joint Including Surgical Saw Guide', covers Episurf Medical's ankle implant Episealer Talus and related surgical tools, including a novel osteotomy guide for surgical access to the difficult to reach talar bone.
Under this partnership, Episurf Medical is establishing its third commercial leg of its business, which further comprises the Episealer knee implant technology and the Episealer Talus (ankle) implant technology, which is under development.
During the procedure, the surgeon removes the cartilage between the tibia (shinbone) and talus (one of the ankle bones) and then fuses the bones together using metal rods, screws, or plates.