tibia

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Borrowed from Latin tībia (“shin bone, leg”).

(L. tibia = a slender pipe, a musical instrument.) — The Insect Folk, Morley, Margaret Warner
The left tibia much splintered, as well as all the ribs of the left side. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
What the tibia may be, my young friends, is best known to the doctors--I have not taken the trouble to inquire!" — Post Haste, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

shinbone, shin bone, shin

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