Tibia Definition

tĭbē-ə
tibiae, tibias
noun
tibiae, tibias
The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and the ankle; shinbone.
Webster's New World
A corresponding bone in the leg of other vertebrates.
Webster's New World
The fourth segment (from the base) of an insect's leg.
Webster's New World
An ancient flute, orig. made from an animal's tibia.
Webster's New World
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Noun

Singular:
tibia
Plural:
tibiae, tibias

Origin of Tibia

  • Latin tībia pipe, shinbone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin

    From Wiktionary

Tibia Sentence Examples

  • The femur is short, and the tibia and fibula of great length, as is the foot, the whole of which is applied to the ground when the animal is at rest in the upright position.

  • The tibia and fibula are fused at their upper and lower ends.

  • C. Marsh, by finding the imperfect fossilized tibia of a bird in the middle cretaceous shale of Kansas, Marsh, began a series of wonderful discoveries of great im portance to ornithology.

  • The condyles of the tibia are in reality not parts of this bone, but are the three proximal tarsalia which fuse together and with the distal end of the tibia.

  • Order Colymbiformes.-Plantigrade, nidifugous, aquatic. All toes webbed, fourth largest, hallux short; metatarsus laterally compressed; tibia with high, pyramidal crest.

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Words Starting With

TTITIB

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AIABIA

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