different between fibula vs peroneum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin f?bula (“buckle, clasp, pin”). The bone is so named because the shape it makes with the tibia resembles a clasp, the fibula being the pin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?b.j?l.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?b.j?l.?/
• Rhymes: -?bj?l?

Noun

fibula (plural fibulae or (obsolete) fibulæ or fibulas)

1. An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
2. (anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.

   Synonym: calf bone

Derived terms

• fibular
• fibulate
• fibulo-, fibul-
• tibiofibula

Related terms

• fibularis

Translations

See also

• peroneal

References

• “fibula”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “fibula”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin f?bula. Doublet of the inherited fibbia.

Noun

fibula f (plural fibule)

1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone

   Synonym: perone

Anagrams

• bufali

Latin

Etymology

Contraction of f?gibula, from f?g? (“to fix, fasten, thrust in”) +? -bula (instrumental nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fi?.bu.la/, [?fi?b???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fi.bu.la/, [?fi?bul?]

Noun

f?bula f (genitive f?bulae); first declension

1. (literally) clasp, buckle, brooch, pin, latchet, brace
2. (transferred sense) connection, bond, fetter
3. (surgery)
   1. surgical instrument for drawing together the lips of a wound
   2. stitching needle drawn through the prepuce

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• conf?bula
• f?bul?t?rius
• f?bul?
• suff?bulum

Descendants

References

• fibula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fibula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fibula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fibula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fibula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fibula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fi?bula]

Noun

fibula f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fibul?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fibula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fîbula/
• Hyphenation: fi?bu?la

Noun

f?bula f (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone

Declension