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fibula

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Human
fib·u·la /ˈfɪbjələ/ noun [countable] medical  HBHthe outer bone of the two bones in your leg below your knee 腓骨5 see picture at 见图 skeleton
Examples from the Corpus
fibulaNow he is facing his toughest fight yet - back to fitness after suffering a fractured fibula and damaged ankle ligaments.Blood had congealed thickly on the end of the smashed fibula.
Origin fibula (1500-1600) Latin piece of jewelry for fastening clothes (because of the shape of the two bones)
fib·u·la nounChineseSyllable
in the Corpus your bones bone two of the outer


fibula
fibula /ˈfɪbjələ, ˈfɪbjʊlə/ noun [countable] medical
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: 'piece of jewelry for fastening clothes' (because of the shape of the two bones)
the outer bone of the two bones in your leg below your knee


fib·ulaBrE /ˈfɪbjələ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɪbjələ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
fibu·lae BrE /ˈfɪbjəliː/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfɪbjəliː/ 🔊
or
fibu·las
)
(anatomy 解剖学)
the outer bone of the two bones in the lower part of the leg between the knee and the ankle 腓骨   see also tibia