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Shinbone: The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shinbone is anatomically known as the tibia.
"Tibia" is a Latin word meaning both shinbone and flute. It is thought that "tibia" refers to both the bone and the musical instrument because flutes were once fashioned from the tibia (of animals).
Incidentally, "fibula" is also from the Latin and means a clasp or brooch. The fibula was likened by the ancients to a clasp attaching it to the tibia to form a brooch.
Shinbone: The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shinbone is anatomically known as the tibia. "Tibia" is a Latin word ...
noun the tibia. Origin: before 1000; Middle English; Old English scinbÄn. See shin 1 , bone :10 :09 :08 :07 :06 :05 :04 :03 :02 :01 Shinbone is always a great word ...
A broken or fractured shinbone (tibia) is the most common long-bone injury. Several types of fractures can occur, ranging from the hairline stress fractures common in ...
Definition of SHINBONE: tibia 1 . See shinbone defined for English-language learners » See shinbone defined for kids » First Known Use of SHINBONE. before 12th century
shin·bone (sh n b n) n. See tibia. shinbone [ˈʃɪnˌbəʊn] n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the nontechnical name for tibia [1] Thesaurus Legend ...