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transtibial

transtibial adjective: through the tibia.

Adjective

transtibial (not comparable)

  1. Through the tibia.
    • The angle between the inclination of the drill and the femoral tunnel with transtibial drilling is approximately 25°, whereas it increases to 75° with drilling through the anteromedial portal.2015 May 10, Romain Seil, Frederick K Weitz, Dietrich Pape, “Surgical-experimental principles of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with open growth plates”, in Journal of Experimental...

Origin of transtibial

From trans- + tibial.

Questions about transtibial

What does transtibial mean?
Transtibial means through the tibia.
What part of speech is transtibial?
Transtibial is an adjective.

Words near transtibial in the dictionary

  1. transthylakoid
  2. transthylakoidal
  3. transthyretin
  4. transthyretins
  5. Transtiberine
  6. transtibial
  7. transtigritane
  8. transtilla
  9. transtillae
  10. transtillar
  11. transtime

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