different between peroneal vs peroneus

English

Etymology

From perona or peroneus +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??.???ni?.?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??.o??ni?.?l/, /p???o?.ni.?l/ (to differentiate from perineal, see below)
• Rhymes: -i??l

Adjective

peroneal (comparative more peroneal, superlative most peroneal)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the fibula or to the part of the leg containing it, the outside (lateral aspect) of the lower leg (that is, what anatomical terminology calls the leg, from knee to foot). [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 526:

     Charcot praised Duchenne's work on tabes, and gave the first description of sclerosis and the peroneal type of muscular atrophy.

Usage notes

Do not confuse peroneal ("of the outside of the lower leg") with perineal ("of the skin between the genitals and anus"); the words sound almost alike or even entirely alike, depending on the variable quality of a single reduced vowel.

Derived terms

• peroneal artery
• peroneal nerve
• peroneal vein

Synonyms

• fibular

Anagrams

• Loperena

English

Alternative forms

• peronaeus

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin peroneus, clipping of m?sculus peroneus (“peroneal muscle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?.??(?)?ni?.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??.??ni.?s/
• Rhymes: -i??s

Noun

peroneus (plural peronei)

1. (anatomy) Any of several muscles of the lateral side of the leg, which arise from the fibula and act to move the foot.

   Synonym: fibularis

   Meronyms: peroneus brevis, peroneus longus, peroneus tertius

Translation

References

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

Anagrams

• esuprone, supereon

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (perón?, “small bone of the leg, fibula”) +? -eus (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pe?ro.ne.us/, [p????ne?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe?ro.ne.us/, [p?????n?us]

Adjective

peroneus (feminine peronea, neuter peroneum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. (anatomy, relational) fibular, peroneal

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

• ? English: peroneus