cheilo-, cheil-, chilo-, chil-

A condition present at birth in which there is an absence of one or both lips.

The Trojan hero and son of Thetis and Peleus from a Greek myth.

Inflammation and thickening of the bursae [saclike cavities filled with a fluid about the Achilles tendon; especially, of the bursa in front of it].

Pain in the Achilles tendon or in its bursa; achillobursitis.

The Achilles tendon is one of the better known anatomic features in sports medicine because of the abrupt nature of some abrupt injuries to this tendon. It is in the back of the lower leg and connects the calf muscle (the triceps surae) with the calcaneus bone in the heel.

This tendon is so named for the hero whose heel, according to Greek mythology, was the only part of his body where he was unprotected from harm.

A reflexogram of the Achilles tendon reflex.

1. Excision of a portion of the lip.
2. Surgery involving the chiseling off of irregular bony edges of a joint cavity that interfere with normal motion.