| tale | 1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. "The tale of Troy divine." . "In such manner rime is Dante's tale." . "We spend our years as a tale that is told." (Ps. Xc. 9) 2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated. "The ignorant, . . . Who measure by tale, and not by weight." (Hooker) "And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthornn in the dale." (Milton) "In packing, they keep a just tale of the number." (Carew) 3. A count or declaration. To tell tale of, to make account of. "Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so holy was his heart." (Chaucer) Synonym: Anecdote, story, fable, incident, memoir, relation, account, legend, narrative. Origin: AS. Talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. Taal speech, language, G. Zahl number, OHG. Zala, Icel. Tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. Tal, Dan. Tal number, tale speech, Goth. Talzjan to instruct. Cf. Tell, Toll a tax, also Talk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| talegalla | <ornithology> A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| talent | 1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. Avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was |
| talin | <cell biology> Protein (215 kD) that binds to vinculin, but not to actin and is associated with the sub plasmalemmal cytoskeleton. (18 Nov 1997) |
| talion | The principle of retribution in intrapsychic behaviour. Origin: Welsh tal, compensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| talion dread | The symbolic anxieties that represent the unconscious dread of penalties for an act. (05 Mar 2000) |
| talipedic | Clubfooted. (05 Mar 2000) |
| talipes | <surgery> The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot. Several varieties are distinguished; as, Talipes varus, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; T. Valgus, in which the foot is bent outward; T. Equinus, in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and T. Calcaneus (called also talus), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel. Origin: NL, fr. L. Talus an ankle + pes, pedis, a foot; cf. L. Talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| talipes arcuatus | An exaggeration of the normal arch of the foot. Synonym: contracted foot, pes cavus, talipes arcuatus, talipes plantaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| talipes calcaneovalgus | Talipes calcaneus and talipes valgus combined; the foot is dorsiflexed, everted, and abducted. See: clubfoot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| talipes calcaneovarus | Talipes calcaneus and talipes varus combined; the foot is dorsiflexed, inverted, and adducted. See: clubfoot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| talipes calcaneus | A deformity due to weakness or absence of the calf muscles, in which the axis of the calcaneus becomes vertically oriented; commonly seen in poliomyelitis. Synonym: calcaneus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| talipes cavus | An exaggeration of the normal arch of the foot. Synonym: contracted foot, pes cavus, talipes arcuatus, talipes plantaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| talipes equinovalgus | Talipes equinus and talipes valgus combined; the foot is plantarflexed, everted, and abducted. See: clubfoot. Synonym: equinovalgus, pes equinovalgus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| talipes equinovarus | The most common congenital abnormality of the foot. Clubfoot may occur in several forms, but talipes equinovarus is the most common. In this case the foot turns downward and inward. Treatment involves the extended use of orthopaedic splints or casts to correct the position of the foot. (27 Sep 1997) |