Word.ws English Dictionary

tarsal tunnel syndrome

tarsal tunnel syndrome noun: a nerve compression syndrome in which the tibial nerve is painfully entrapped as it travels through the tarsal tunnel (along the inner leg behind the medial malleolus).

Noun

tarsal tunnel syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A nerve compression syndrome in which the tibial nerve is painfully entrapped as it travels through the tarsal tunnel (along the inner leg behind the medial malleolus).
    Synonyms:
    TTS

Synonyms of tarsal tunnel syndrome

Questions about tarsal tunnel syndrome

What does tarsal tunnel syndrome mean?
Tarsal tunnel syndrome means a nerve compression syndrome in which the tibial nerve is painfully entrapped as it travels through the tarsal tunnel (along the inner leg behind the medial malleolus).
What part of speech is tarsal tunnel syndrome?
Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a noun.

Words near tarsal tunnel syndrome in the dictionary

  1. tarsal
  2. tarsal bone
  3. tarsal bones
  4. tarsal gland
  5. tarsal glands
  6. tarsal tunnel syndrome
  7. tarsale
  8. tarsalgia
  9. tarsalgias
  10. tarsalia
  11. tarsally

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tarsal tunnel syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “tarsal tunnel syndrome.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tarsal_tunnel_syndrome. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.