Definition of Fibula. Meaning of Fibula. Synonyms of Fibula

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Definition of Fibula

Fibula
Fibula Fib"u*la, n.; pl. Fibul[AE]. [L., clasp, buckle.] 1. A brooch, clasp, or buckle. Mere fibul[ae], without a robe to clasp. --Wordsworth. 2. (Anat.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee. 3. (Surg.) A needle for sewing up wounds.

Meaning of Fibula from wikipedia

- The fibula (pl.: fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below. It is the...
- A penile fibula is foremost a ring, attached with a pin through the **** to fasten it above the glans ****. It was mainly used by ancient Roman culture...
- The Praeneste fibula (the "brooch of Palestrina") is a golden fibula or brooch, today housed in the Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography...
- two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects the knee with the...
- A fibula (/ˈfɪbjʊlə/, pl.: fibulae /ˈfɪbjʊli/) is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibula developed in a variety...
- The Bülach fibula is a silver disk-type fibula with almandine inlay found in Bülach, Canton Zürich in 1927. The Alemannic grave in which it was found...
- The Meldorf fibula is a Germanic spring-case-type fibula found in Meldorf, Schleswig-Holstein in 1979. Though the exact cir****stances of the recovery of...
- absence of the fibula and it is the most common congenital absence of long bone of the extremities." It is the shortening of the fibula at birth, or the...
- Tibiofibular joint may refer to: Superior tibiofibular joint Inferior tibiofibular joint This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title...
- An Amazigh fibula (Tarifit: ⵜⵉⵙⵖⵏⵙⵜ, romanized: Tisɣnst, Tachelhit: ⵜⴰⵥⵕⵥⵉⵜ, romanized: Taẓṛẓit, Moroccan Arabic: تزرزيت, romanized: taẓṛẓit) is a traditional...