fibula

A noun referring to the outer and thinner of the two long bones in the lower leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa o osso longo, fino e lateral da perna, situado entre o joelho e o tornozelo, ao lado da tíbia.

1. Leg bone B2 formal medical

   The outer and thinner of the two long bones located between the knee and the ankle in the human leg.

   • The surgeon repaired a fracture in the fibula.
   • The fibula runs parallel to the tibia in the lower leg.
   • An X-ray revealed a small crack in her fibula.

   🇵🇹Fíbula

   Sinônimos: calf bone

• fibulae plural form
• fibulas plural form
• fibulae's possessive plural form
• fibulas' possessive plural form
• fibula's possessive singular form