achilletin

(C11H17NO4) [ACHILLEA.] Chem. A substance formed by boiling achillein for several days with dilute sulphuric acid. It TENDON OF ACHILLES. Anat. A strong tendinous cord affording insertion in the bone to the gastrocnemius and the soleus muscles. is situated at the part of the heel where Achilles received his death-wound. It is the largest tendon in the body. "The ten do A chillis inserted into the os calcis."Todd & Bowman: Physiol. Anat., vol. i., ch. vii., p. 170.