fibula

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In the latter also the fibula, which is anchylosed to the end of the tibia, articulates with the calcaneum or heel-bone, which is not the case with the simple-toothed rodents We now come to the subdivisions of the Simplicidentata.

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  1. noun The outer and narrower of two bones of the human lower leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
  2. noun The corresponding bone in the hind leg of an animal.
  3. noun An often ornamented clasp or brooch used in ancient Greece and Rome to fasten clothing.

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  • X-rays revealed a broken fibula, and Moore is out indefinitely. —  The Seattle Times
  • Tests conducted Monday in San Antonio revealed a stress fracture in the right distal fibula, the lower portion of one of the three bones that form the ankle joint.
  • Ginobili had returned to action March 25 in Atlanta after missing 19 games with a stress reaction in the right distal fibula, an injury that had been diagnosed in mid-February.
  • As devastated as the Spurs were to learn that Ginobili will not play again this season after renewed discomfort in his right ankle was diagnosed Monday as a stress fracture of the right distal fibula, Popovich is counting on his players 'collective character to do what it takes to win games without one of their most important teammates.
  • Carted off with a broken fibula, the outlook quickly dimmed. —  NewsOK.com RSS - home
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  1. Latin fībula, clasp, from fīgere, to fasten; see dhīgw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin fibula, a clasp, buckle, pin, latchet, brace, a surgeons' instrument for drawing together the edges of a wound, a stitching-needle, contr. of *figibula, from figere, fasten, fix: see fix.
 

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