tibia

2 definitions found

tibia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tibia \Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. Tibiae. [L.]
     1. (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of
        the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
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     2. (Zool.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See
        Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.
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     3. (Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind,
        originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
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tibia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tibia
      n 1: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg
           between the knee and ankle [syn: tibia, shinbone, shin bone
           , shin]