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fibrousness | fibrovascular | fibrovascular bundle | fibster | fibu-lar | fibula | fibular vein | fibulare | fica | fice | fiché

fibula

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Noun
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fib=u=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

fibulan. [L., clasp, buckle.].
  •  A brooch, clasp, or buckle.  [1913 Webster]
    "Mere fibulæ, without a robe to clasp."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A needle for sewing up wounds.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fibula, n. (pl. fibulae or fibulas)
1 Anat. the smaller and outer of the two bones between the knee and the ankle in terrestrial vertebrates.
2 Antiq. a brooch or clasp.

Derivative
fibular adj.
Etymology
L, perh. rel. to figere fix

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