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Definition of Tibia

1. Noun. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.

Definition of Tibia

1. n. The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

Definition of Tibia

1. Noun. (context: anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee. ¹

2. Noun. (context: zoology) A segment of an insect's leg. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tibia

1. a bone of the leg [n -IAE or -IAS] : TIBIAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Tibia

1. The large bone between the knee and foot that supports 5/6 of the body weight (fibula supports 1/6). (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tibia

Literary usage of Tibia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"The articulations between the tibia and fibula are effected by ligaments which connect both extremities, as well as the shafts of the bones. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"into the medullary canal of the tibia of another rabbit, where it remained ... The tibia was simply thickened." " EXPERIMENT X. The fibula of a rabbit was ..."

3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1871)
"FIGURE I. Anterior tibia of Aphodius. ft if If If «fM If UU ti ff ff •f • l 2. ... Middle tibia with unequal spinules. 14. Middle tibia of Aphodius cóncavas ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"In addition to these muscles, the Tensor fasciae femoris is inserted indirectly into the tibia, through the iliotibial band, and the Peroneus longus ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The whole dorsal end of the tibia, including these processes, is very largely hardened and thickened and marked off from the body of the tibia by a deeply ..."

6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1881)
"The posterior tibia has usually (if not, as I believe, always) two pairs of spurs, ... Sometimes the tibia is very short, exceeded in length by the first ..."

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