Talus \Ta"lus\, n.; pl. Tali. [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]

1. (Anat.) The astragalus.

2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Talus \Ta"lus\, n. [F.]

1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Talipes \Tal"i*pes\, n. [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.]

(Surg.) The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.

Note: 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)