アキレス腱断裂(アキレスけんだんれつ、英:rupture of Achilles tendon、独:Ruptur der Achillessehne)は、腓腹筋の自動収縮、介達外力、直達外力、過伸展などにより、踵骨後上部に付着して下腿三頭筋の末梢部を形成するアキレス腱が断裂した状態である。腱断裂の結果として跛行音(びっこを引く)が発生し、歩くことが難しくなる[1][1]。
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