fibula

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɪb.jʊl.ə/    美 /ˈfɪb.jəl.ə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
    — Most of the fibulae have a triangular molding above the notch, which probably contained wound wire. The crossbar is decorated either with a flat knob or with a Persian merlon.
  2. The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.

词形变化

fibulae plural fibulas plural fibulæ obsolete,plural

词汇关系

衍生词
femur fibula ulna syndrome fibular fibulate fibulectomy fibulo- fibul- tibiofibula
相关词
fibularis peroneal

词源

Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle, clasp, pin”). The bone is so named because the shape it makes with the tibia resembles a clasp, the fibula being the pin.
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