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noun

Fibula n. (pl. fibulae)

A brooch, clasp, or buckle. "Mere fibulae, without a robe to clasp."

(Anat.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.

(Surg.) A needle for sewing up wounds.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fibula" Quotes from Famous Books

... support of herself and her family. I shall show you that Mrs. Stiles attempted to get on one of the defendant's cars; that while she was so doing the car was started and she thrown off; that she sustained a sprain of the right ankle and a fracture of the fibula; that the accident has resulted in laming her for life and incapacitating her for the use of a sewing-machine; and that it was by her sewing-machine that she supported herself. Mrs. Stiles will now ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 • Various

... bones chiefly concerned and most often affected must be especially considered. The shape and size of a bone when injured, determines in a measure, the course and probable outcome in most cases, but of first and greater importance is the function of the bone. A fracture of the fibula in the horse need not incapacitate the subject, but a tibial fracture is serious and generally proves cause for fatal termination. The body of the scapula may be completely fractured and recovery will probably result in most cases without much attention ...

— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix

... 'Now what will you like best to see first? The pottery shop with its wares—Samian and Castor and rustic, or the great corn granaries, or the metal-worker's booth where you can buy a fibula for yourself, or a boss for your ...

— Border Ghost Stories • Howard Pease

... to observe is that there is a perfect serial homology between the bones of the hind legs and of the fore legs. The thigh-bone, or femur, corresponds to the shoulder-bone, or humerus; the two shank bones (tibia and fibula) correspond to the two arm-bones (radius and ulna); the many little ankle-bones (tarsals) correspond to the many little wrist-bones (carpals); the foot-bones (meta-tarsals) correspond to the hand-bones (meta-carpals); and, lastly, the ...

— Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) • George John Romanes

... in your family for many generations to come, as you have already possessed it,' she thanked me most becomingly, and seemed not a little moved. The exact resemblance which the old broach (still in use, though rarely met with among the Highlanders) bears to the Roman Fibula must strike every one, and concurs, with the plaid and kilt, to recall to mind the communication which the ancient Romans had with ...

— The Prose Works of William Wordsworth • William Wordsworth

Words linked to "Fibula" : leg bone, calf bone, leg