See Also: ravage(2)(dictionary)
ravage(medicine)
ravage(1)(dictionary)
ravage(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
calcaneal(medicine)
calcaneal region(medicine)
calcaneal tuberosity(medicine)
calcaneal tubercle(medicine)
calcaneal petechiae(medicine)

calcaneal arteries (medicine) and ravage (medicine)


calcaneal arteries (medicine)


calcaneal arteries


The calcaneal branches or arteries, branches to the structures in the calcaneal region from 1) the posterior tibial artery and 2) the peroneal artery.

Synonym: rami calcanei.


ravage (medicine)


ravage


Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time. "Would one think 't were possible for love To make such ravage in a noble soul?" (Addison)

Synonym: Despoilment, devastation, desolation, pillage, plunder, spoil, waste, ruin.

Origin: F, fr. (assumed) L. Rapagium, rapaticum, fr. Rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.

Source: Websters Dictionary