|
|
1. (n.) tibia
the inner of the two bones of the leg, extending from the knee to the ankle and articulating with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
2. tibia
a corresponding bone in a horse or other hoofed quadruped, extending from the stifle to the hock.
3. tibia
the fourth segment of an insect leg, between the femur and tarsus.
Etymology: (1685–95; < L: lit., reed pipe)
|
| Definition of 'TIBIA' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
|
| Definition of 'TIBIA' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) TIBIA
the inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
2. (noun) TIBIA
the fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda
3. (noun) TIBIA
a musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal
|
| Definition of 'TIBIA' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
|
1. TIBIA
The second longest bone of the skeleton. It is located on the medial side of the lower leg, articulating with the FIBULA laterally, the TALUS distally, and the FEMUR proximally.
|
|
|
Sense: the larger of the two bones between the knee and ankle
a broken tibia.
|
 Afrikaans: tibia |
 Arabic: ظُنْبوب: عَظْمَة السّاق |
 Bulgarian: пищял |
 Brazilian: tíbia |
 Czech: holeň |
 German: das Schienbein |
 Danish: skinneben |
 Greek: κνήμη |
 Spanish: tibia |
 Estonian: sääreluu |
 Farsi: درشت نی |
 Finnish: tibia |
 French: tibia |
 Hebrew: שוֹקָה |
 Hindi: अन्तर्जघिका, नली |
 Croatian: goljenica, cjevanica |
 Hungarian: sípcsont |
 Indonesian: tibia, tulang kering |
 Icelandic: sköflungur |
 Italian: tibia |
 Japanese: 脛骨 |
 Korean: 경골(脛骨) |
 Lithuanian: blauzdikaulis |
 Latvian: lielais lielakauls |
 Malay: tibia |
 Dutch: scheenbeen |
 Norwegian: skinnebein |
 Polish: piszczel |
 Portuguese: tíbia |
 Romanian: tibie |
 Russian: большеберцовая кость |
 Slovak: holeň |
 Slovenian: golenica |
 Serbian: cevanica |
 Swedish: skenben |
 Thai: กระดูกหน้าแข้ง |
 Turkish: kaval/incik kemiği |
 Taiwanese: 脛骨 |
 Ukrainian: велика гомілкова кістка |
 Urdu: پنڈلي کي ہڈي |
 Vietnamese: xương ống chân |
 Chinese: 胫骨 |
Get even more translations for TIBIA...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'TIBIA' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of TIBIA 
