Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Achilles' tendon

Achilles' tendon ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Latin Achillis tendo.]

(Anatomy) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.