Definitions for fibulas

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fibulas fib·u·la

Spelling: [fib-yuh-luh]

IPA: /ˈfɪb yə lə/

Fibulas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in fibulas (abfilsu).

Definitions for fibulas

noun

1. Anatomy. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
2. Zoology. a corresponding bone, often rudimentary or ankylosed with the tibia, of the leg or hind limb of an animal.
3. a clasp or brooch, often ornamented, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Origin of fibulas

1665-75; New Latin; Latin fībula bolt, pin, clasp, probably *fīvibula, equivalent to fīv(ere), early form of fīgere to fasten, fix + -i- -i- + -b

Examples for fibulas

The common site of fracture is the lower part of the tibia or fibula.

That is a fibula, Cora, such as I saw in a museum in Norway.

The fibula appears to be in the same condition as in the horse.

The first (a) is on a fibula from Etruria (fig. 190 of this paper).

But think of gradation, even now manifest, (Tibia and fibula).

Rarely, the surcote is made with a "fente" at the throat, and fastened with a fibula.

In the bird, the fibula is small and its lower end diminishes to a point.

The tibia and fibula are always distinct and well developed.

The fibula may be well developed or quite vestigial or absent.

The development of the fibula in general corresponds to that of the ulna.