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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



... changing his position, he cut through the muscles clean down to the bone with a single motion of his wrist. He laid bare the tibia and fibula, introduced between them an implement to keep them in position, drew the saw across them once, and they were sundered. And the foot remained in the hands of the attendant ...
— The Downfall • Emile Zola

... testimony, though given by the most distinguished consulting expert of the city, was entirely inconclusive. The body, the expert testified, showed evident marks of violence. There was a distinct lesion of the oesophagus and a decided excoriation of the fibula. The mesodenum was gibbous. There was a certain quantity of flab in the binomium and ...
— Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels • Stephen Leacock



Words linked to "Fibula" :   leg, leg bone



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