fibula
pronunciation
How to pronounce fibula in British English:
UK [ˈfɪbjələ]
How to pronounce fibula in American English:
US [ˈfɪbjələ]
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- Noun:
- the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Word Origin
- fibula (n.)
- 1670s, "clasp, buckle, brooch," from Latin fibula "clasp, brooch," related to figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix (v.)). In reference to brooches, the modern English word mostly is used in archaeology. As "smaller bone in the lower leg" from 1706, from a Latin loan-translation of Greek perone "small bone in the lower leg," originally "clasp, brooch; anything pointed for piercing or pinning;" the bone was so called because it resembles a clasp such as that found in a modern safety pin. Related: Fibular.
Example
- 1. It is the fibula in the ankle that has to be checked , that is what I have been told .
- 2. Treament of multiple comminuted fractures of tibia and fibula .
- 3. Deformity of the tibia and the fibula ( curved )
- 4. Examples include the tibia and the fibula .
- 5. Compound fractures of the right tibia and fibula .