spring ligament (spring ligament)

inferior calcaneoscaphoid ligament of the sole of the foot, connecting the os calcis or heelbone with the scaphoid, supporting the head of the astragalus, and forming part of the articular cavity in which the latter is received. springlike (spring'lik), a. Resembling spring; characteristic of spring; vernal: as, springlike weather; a springlike temperature. There the last blo oms spring - like pride unfold. Savage, Wanderer, v.