Definitions for peroneal

peroneal per·o·ne·al

Spelling: [per-uh-nee-uh l]
IPA: /ˌpɛr əˈni əl/

Peroneal is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 308 anagrams from letters in peroneal (aeelnopr).

Definitions for peroneal

adjective

  1. pertaining to or situated near the fibula.

Origin of peroneal

1825-35; New Latin peronē the fibula (Greek perónē orig., linchpin, pin of a buckle or brooch) + -al1

Examples for peroneal

In neither of Gadow's works did he distinguish tibial and peroneal components in the thigh.

In both legs of one specimen, the paraperoneal branch enters the peroneal sheath (although separable from the peroneal nerve).

Wilcox , studying a loon, did not find any peroneal supply to M. extensor iliotibialis lateralis or to M. gluteus profundus.

But what makes still further complications is that other authors regard it as an anterior, or third, peroneal.

He reported a peroneal supply, rather than the expected tibial (paraperoneal) supply, to Mm.

In some specimens, minute twigs come off the peroneal nerve near the middle of the thigh and enter M. extensor iliofibularis.

He did not distinguish tibial and peroneal components in the thigh.

Minute twigs come off the peroneal nerve near the middle of the thigh and enter M. extensor iliofibularis in some legs.

Three main branches arise from the peroneal component (apart from the main trunk) and two from the tibial.

The peroneal nerve passes, with the paraperoneal branch of the tibial nerve, through the guide loop for M. extensor iliofibularis.

Word Value for peroneal
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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