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FIBULA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: fibulae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Synonyms:

calf bone; fibula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("fibula" is a kind of...):

leg bone (a bone of the leg)

Holonyms ("fibula" is a part of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

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