Meaning

4 senses
  1. The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.

    the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

  2. The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.

  3. The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.

  4. A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

    Tibia

Examples

4 sentences
  1. He has an open tibia fracture.

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  2. She has an open tibia fracture.

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  3. I dislocated my ankle, and I also broke my tibia and fibula bones.

    deIch habe mir den Knöchel verrenkt und mir außerdem Schien- und Wadenbein gebrochen.

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  4. He broke his tibia.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
type of ancient flute:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin tībia (“shin bone, leg”).

Borrowed from Latin tībia (“shin bone, leg”).

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Forms

plural: tibias / tibiae
Singulartibia
Pluraltibias / tibiae

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
shinshinbonebone fluteshin bone
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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