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tib⋅i⋅a

  [tib-ee-uh]
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–noun, plural tib⋅i⋅ae  [tib-ee-ee] , 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.
2. 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

Related forms:
tib⋅i⋅al, adjective
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tib·i·a   (tĭb'ē-ə)   


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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.

  2. The fourth division of an insect's leg, between the femur and the tarsi.

  3. Music An ancient flute.


[Latin tībia, pipe, shinbone.]
tib'i·al adj.
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tib·ia
Pronunciation: 'tib-E-&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural tib·i·ae /-E-"E, -E-"I/ also tib·i·as
: the inner and usually larger of the two bones of the leg between the knee and ankle that articulates above with the femur and below with thetalus called also shinbone
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tibia tib·i·a (tĭb'ē-ə)
n. pl. tib·i·as or tib·i·ae (-ē-ē')
The inner and larger of the two bones of the lower leg, extending from the knee to the ankle, and articulating with the femur, fibula, and talus. Also called shinbone.

tib'i·al adj.

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tibia   (tĭb'ē-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
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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