Re: os calcis ... plural??

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<< My doc tonight is referring to " bilateral os calcis " (or es?). He uses os

calcis often (rarely uses calcaneus) so I'm familiary with that, but this is

a first 'bilateral' study for me. Do the general rules for plurals apply

here (i.e., words ending in " is " - change to " es " )?

>>

Yikes, this is a stumper, at least for me! I have two references documenting

" ossa " as being the plural for " os " , but I can't find " calces " anyplace. It

does seem that it would have to be " ossa calces " as you're mentioning, though

I have no proof....

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At 09:16 PM 8/1/1999 -0400, Swatt7@... wrote:

>My doc tonight is referring to " bilateral os calcis " (or es?). He uses os

>calcis often (rarely uses calcaneus) so I'm familiary with that, but this is

>a first 'bilateral' study for me. Do the general rules for plurals apply

>here (i.e., words ending in " is " - change to " es " )?

Os calces would be correct for the plural.

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