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Fibula   /fˈɪbjələ/   Listen
Fibula

noun
(pl. fibulae)
1.
The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.  Synonym: calf bone.






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"Fibula" Quotes from Famous Books



... faces, as there appeared of self-sufficiency in those of the artists,) did they by turns fill my ears with an anatomical description of the leg and thigh; running over with terms of art, of the tarsus, the metatarsus, the tibia, the fibula, the patella, the os tali, the os tibae, the tibialis posticus and tibialis anticus, up to the os femoris, to the acetabulum of the os ischion, the great trochanter, glutaeus, triceps, lividus, ...
— Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9) - The History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson

... the Surgeon on the upper deck, fetched a lifebuoy, and rammed it over the injured man's shoulders. "God forgive me for taking it," said the latter gratefully, "but my fibula's cracked to blazes, an' I love my ...
— A Tall Ship - On Other Naval Occasions • Sir Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie



Words linked to "Fibula" :   leg, leg bone



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