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–noun, plural tib·i·ae

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1.	Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.

Zoology.

a.	a corresponding bone in a horse or other hoofed quadruped, extending from the stifle to the hock.

b.	(in insects) the fourth segment of the leg, between the femur and tarsus.

[Origin: 1685–95; < L tībia lit., reed pipe

]

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tib·i·al, adjective

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n. pl. tib·i·ae (-ē-ē') or tib·i·as

1. The inner and larger of the two bones of the lower human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
2. A corresponding bone in other vertebrates. Also called shinbone.
The fourth division of an insect's leg, between the femur and the tarsi.
Music An ancient flute.

[Latin tībia, pipe, shinbone.]

tib'i·al adj.

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tibia

lower leg bone, 1726, from L. tibia "shinbone," also "pipe, flute," in which sense it originally came into Eng. (1548). Of unknown origin. The L. plural is tibiæ.

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tibia
noun
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

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tibia [ˈtibiə] noun

the larger of the two bones between the knee and ankle
Example: a broken tibia

Arabic:	ظُنْبوب: عَظْمَة السّاق
Chinese (Simplified):	胫骨
Chinese (Traditional):	脛骨
Czech:	holeň
Danish:	skinneben
Dutch:	scheenbeen
Estonian:	sääreluu
Finnish:	sääriluu
French:	tibia
German:	das Schienbein
Greek:	κνήμη
Hungarian:	sípcsont
Icelandic:	sköflungur
Indonesian:	tibia, tulang kering
Italian:	tibia

Japanese:	脛骨
Korean:	경골
Latvian:	lielais lielakauls
Lithuanian:	blauzdikaulis
Norwegian:	skinnebein
Polish:	piszczel
Portuguese (Brazil):	tíbia
Portuguese (Portugal):	tíbia
Romanian:	tibie
Russian:	большеберцовая кость
Slovak:	holeň
Slovenian:	golenica
Spanish:	tibia
Swedish:	skenben
Turkish:	kaval, *incik kemiği

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The larger of the two bones of the lower leg or lower portion of the hind leg. See more at skeleton.

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Tibia

Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. Tibi[ae]. [L.]

1. (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.

3. (Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

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