Medical Definition of Perone
1. Synonym: fibula. Origin: G. Perone, brooch, the small bone of the arm or leg, the fibula, fr. Peiro, to pierce (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perone
Literary usage of Perone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Biological, Anatomical, and Physiological Terms by Thomas Dunman (1879)
"Perene'o-calca'neus inter'aus (Gr. perone, the fibula; L. calx, the heel; ...
perone'al (Gr. perone, the fibula).—A term sometimes applied to the fibula; ..."
2. A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum by Samuel Birch, Charles Thomas Newton (1870)
"... and a chlamys, fastened on his breast by a circular brooch, perone, and hanging
down his back; his right hand rests on a spear, held perpendicularly, ..."
3. A Dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris, Ferdinand James Samuel Gorgas (1882)
"perone'vm; from brooch. The fibula ; so called ' resembles the pin of a brooch.
... perone 'ut*. A term applied in A omy to organs attached to or that the ..."
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