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Audio Help [tib-ee-ee] Pronunciation Key, tib·i·as. | 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. |
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[Origin: 1685–95; < L tībia lit., reed pipe
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tib·i·al, adjective
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tib·i·a
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(click for larger image in new window) n. pl. tib·i·ae (-ē-ē') or tib·i·as
[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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| 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
Example: a broken tibia
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| tibia
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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 A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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