tibia
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tib·i·a /ˈtɪbiə/ noun (plural tibiae /-bi-iː/ or tibias) [countable] technical HBHa bone in the front of your leg 胫骨 →5 see picture at 见图 skeleton
Examples from the Corpus
tibia• Case No. 5: 58 year-old woman fell, sustaining a left ankle sprain and bruising over the ankle and tibia.• The victim suffered a fractured tibia and a laceration.• Matt put me in a leg lock and clamped down until I feared my tibia would snap.• They include the levator and depressor of the trochanter, tibia and tarsus and the levator of the pretarsus.Origin tibia (1600-1700) Latintib·i·a nounChineseSyllable
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tibia
tib‧i‧a /ˈtɪbiə/
noun (plural tibiae /-bi-iː/ or tibias) [countable] technical
tib‧i‧a /ˈtɪbiə/
noun (plural tibiae /-bi-iː/ or tibias) [countable] technical Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
a bone in the front of your leg
Language: Latin
