Taber's Medical Dictionary
foot
(fut )
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To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.pl. feet ABBR: ft The terminal part of the leg below the ankle. The bones of the foot include the tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges.
BONES OF FOOT AND ANKLE Right foot, dorsal view; SEE: leg for illus.; SEE: skeleton
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Foot." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756535/0/foot.
Foot. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756535/0/foot. Accessed April 17, 2026.
Foot. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756535/0/foot
Foot [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 17]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756535/0/foot.
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