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malleolus

/maˈliː.əl.əs/US/məˈliː.əl.əs/

malleolus noun: the bony prominence with a shape likened to a hammerhead, especially each of those at the distal end of the fibula or tibia, on either side of the ankle joint.

Noun

malleolus (plural malleoli or malleoluses)

  1. The bony prominence with a shape likened to a hammerhead, especially each of those at the distal end of the fibula or tibia, on either side of the ankle joint.

malleolus meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Indonesian and Thai

malleolus in Tamil

கால் முட்டி, கால்கணு, முழி

malleolus in Urdu

ٹخنے کی ہڈی

malleolus in Indonesian

Translations
mata kaki

malleolus in Thai

Translations
ตาตุ่ม dta-dtum
More languagesFewer languages
malleolus in Vietnamese
mắt cá

Forms of malleolus

pluralmalleoli
pluralmalleoluses

Origin of malleolus

Borrowed from Latin malleolus (“a small hammer or mallet”); itself from malleus (“a hammer, mallet”) + -olus (“diminutive suffix”).

Words formed from malleolus

Phrases with malleolus

Words that rhyme with malleolus

Questions about malleolus

What does malleolus mean?
Malleolus means the bony prominence with a shape likened to a hammerhead, especially each of those at the distal end of the fibula or tibia, on either side of the ankle joint.
What is malleolus in Tamil?
Malleolus in Tamil is கால் முட்டி, கால்கணு, முழி. See Malleolus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is malleolus?
Malleolus is a noun.
How do you pronounce malleolus?
Malleolus is pronounced /maˈliː.əl.əs/ (UK).
What is the plural of malleolus?
The plural of malleolus is malleoli.

Words near malleolus in the dictionary

  1. malleobactin
  2. malleobactins
  3. malleoincudal
  4. malleolar
  5. malleoli
  6. malleolus
  7. malleoluses
  8. Maller
  9. Mallers
  10. Mallerstang
  11. Mallery

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Adapted from Wiktionary: malleolus (page history and authors); malleolus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malleolus (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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