the heel of achilles
1The Death of Achilles — infobox Book | name = The Death of Achilles title orig = Смерть Ахиллеса translator = Andrew Bromfield image caption = Recent Russian language edition author = Boris Akunin cover artist = country = Russia language = Russian series = Erast… …
2ACHILLES TENDON — the great tendon of the heel, where Achilles was vulnerable …
3The Clicking of Cuthbert — is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, as well as the name of the collection s namesake story, which in 1924 was made into a film starring Peter Haddon as Cuthbert. The volume was first published in the United Kingdom on… …
4Achilles tendon — A tough sinew that attaches the calf muscle to the back of the heel bone. The Achilles tendon is one of the longest tendons in the body. It is also formally called the tendo Achilles or the tendo calcaneus, the calcaneus being the heel bone.… …
5Achilles tendonitis — Inflammation in the tendon of the calf muscle where it attaches to the heel bone. Achilles tendonitis causes pain at the back of the leg near the heel. Achilles tendonitis can be caused by overuse of the Achilles tendon, overly tight calf muscles …
6Achilles' heel — {n. phr.}, {literary} A physical or psychological weakness named after the Greek hero Achilles who was invulnerable except for a spot on his heel. * /John s Achilles heel is his lack of talent with numbers and math./ …
7Achilles' heel — {n. phr.}, {literary} A physical or psychological weakness named after the Greek hero Achilles who was invulnerable except for a spot on his heel. * /John s Achilles heel is his lack of talent with numbers and math./ …
8Achilles (Pantheon) — Achilles is the name of two unrelated characters from the Marvel Universe. The first Achilles fought in World War II and first appeared in Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #379, while the second Achilles, is based on the classic Greek hero who fought in… …
9Achilles tendon — from Mod.L. tendo Achillis, first used by German surgeon Heister and so called in reference to the one vulnerable spot of the great Greek hero ACHILLES (Cf. Achilles), whose mother held him by the heel when she dipped him in the River Styx to… …
10Achilles heel — ► NOUN ▪ a weakness or vulnerable point. ORIGIN from the mythological Greek hero Achilles, whose mother plunged him into the River Styx when he was a baby, thus making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him …
