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tibia

/tib-ee-uh/US // ˈtɪb i ə //UK // (ˈtɪbɪə) //

胫骨,胫胫骨,胫腓骨,胫胫

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tib·i·ae [tib-ee-ee], /ˈtɪb iˌi/, tib·i·as.

    • : Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
    • : Zoology. a corresponding bone in a horse or other hoofed quadruped, extending from the stifle to the hock. the fourth segment of the leg, between the femur and tarsus.

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Examples

  • He missed almost all of July with a stress reaction in his right tibia, returned for one appearance and was sent down to the Class AAA Rochester Red Wings.

  • An x-ray two hours later confirms my hunch: my tibia (the big bone behind the shin) is snapped clean in two.

  • With a single powerful blow of a starting-bar the Rough Red broke one of the bones of his tibia.

  • On the tibia of the first pair of legs are two long special sensory hairs set in little pits.

  • As an adaptation to saltation the tibia would elongate at the expense of the femur and the index would be more than 100.

  • In a moth called the ghost (Hepialus Humuli), the posterior tibia of the male is densely bearded, but not of the female.

  • A coronet or semicoronet of fixed spines observable at the apex of the posterior Tibia in Fulgora candelaria, &c.