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The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the fibula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fibula
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leg bone
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
bosht i këmbës
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Arabic:
شَظْيَة
(šaẓya)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Arabic:
شظية
(shaẓya)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Bulgarian:
малка пищялна кост
(malka pištjalna kost)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Catalan:
fíbula
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Catalan:
peroné
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Chinese Mandarin:
腓骨
(féigǔ)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Czech:
lýtková kost
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Dhivehi:
ކުޑަކަޅުވާ ކަށިގަނޑު
(kuḍakaḷuvā kaṣiganḍu)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Dutch:
kuitbeen
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Dutch:
fibula
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Esperanto:
fibulo
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Estonian:
pindluu
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Finnish:
pohjeluu
— smaller lower-leg bone
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French:
péroné
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Galician:
peroné
— smaller lower-leg bone
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German:
Wadenbein
— smaller lower-leg bone
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German:
Fibula
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Greek:
περόνη
(peróni)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Hungarian:
szárkapocs
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Hungarian:
szárkapocscsont
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Ido:
peroneo
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Italian:
perone
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Japanese:
腓骨
(hikotsu)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Korean:
종아리뼈
(jong'arippyeo)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Korean:
비골
(bigol)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Northern Kurdish:
telezime
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Māori:
pūkaka
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Māori:
kapiti
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Mongolian:
тахилзуур
(taxilzuur)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Mongolian:
нарийн шилбэний чөмөг
(nariin šilbenii čömög)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Polish:
kość strzałkowa
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Portuguese:
fíbula
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Portuguese:
perónio
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Romanian:
peroneu
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Russian:
малоберцо́вая кость
(malobercóvaja kostʹ)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Scots:
cauf bane
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Scottish Gaelic:
cnàimh caol na lurgainn
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Spanish:
fíbula
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Spanish:
peroné
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Tagalog:
butumbinti
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Thai:
กระดูกน่อง
(grà-dùuk-nɔ̂ng)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Turkish:
baldır kemiği
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Ottoman Turkish:
بالدر كمیكی
(baldır kemiği)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Ukrainian:
мала гомілкова кістка
(mala homilkova kistka)
— smaller lower-leg bone
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Vietnamese:
xương mác
— smaller lower-leg bone