I dislocated my ankle, and I also broke my tibia and fibula bones.
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Fibula
/ˈfɪb.jʊl.ə/
Synonyms for "fibula" (7 found)
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More general
2 entriesboneleg bone
More specific
2 entriesdistal fibulaproximal fibula
Collocations
6 entriesdistal fibulafibula fracturefibular fracturefibular shaftlateral leg boneproximal fibula
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The crew whispered that the commodore's limp came from a musket ball that shattered his fibula.
Source: tatoeba (13579654)
Most of the fibulae have a triangular molding above the notch, which probably contained wound wire. The crossbar is decorated either with a flat knob or with a Persian merlon.
Source: wiktionary