tibia
/ˈtɪbiə/
tibia noun: the inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
Noun
tibia (plural tibias or tibiae)
- The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
- Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN
- The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.
- The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.
- A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
- The musician on the left is playing the zampogna, a bagpipe with two chanters and two drones. The zampogna is thought to be the bag-provided descendant of the ancient mouth-blown divergent pipes of the Romans, known as the tibia.1975, Francis M. Collinson, The bagpipe: the history of a musical instrument, page 188
tibia meaning in Tamil and Urdu
tibia in Tamil
- பின்கால் எலும்பு, கணைக்கால் உள்ளெலும்பு, கணைக்காலலுள்ளெலும்பு, கால் முக எலும்பு, கால் முன்னெலும்பு, கணுக்காலுள்ளெலும்பு
tibia in Urdu
- پنڈلی کی ہڈی
Examples of tibia in a sentence
- Lower limbs: left proximal femur shaft segment; fragment each of unsided tibia and fibula shaft.
- Most psammophilic species have expanded tibiae that function as shovels when these beetles are burrowing.
- Tibiae frequently mutic and very distinctly more slender toward its apex.
Synonyms of tibia
Forms of tibia
| plural | tibias |
|---|---|
| plural | tibiae |
Origin of tibia
Borrowed from Latin tībia (“shin bone, leg”).
Words formed from tibia
Phrases with tibia
Words that rhyme with tibia
Questions about tibia
- What does tibia mean?
- Tibia means the inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
- What is tibia in Tamil?
- Tibia in Tamil is பின்கால் எலும்பு, கணைக்கால் உள்ளெலும்பு, கணைக்காலலுள்ளெலும்பு. See Tibia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tibia?
- Tibia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tibia?
- Tibia is pronounced /ˈtɪbiə/.
- What is the plural of tibia?
- The plural of tibia is tibias.
Words near tibia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tibia (page history and authors); tibia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tibia (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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