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Where does “tibia” come from?

Tibia comes from Latin tibia, meaning shin bone or leg bone.

tibia (English): The inner and usually the larger of the two bones...

Definitions

  1. The inner and usually the larger of the two bones...

Ancestry of “tibia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintībia—

Words derived from “tibia”

  • tib
  • foretibia
  • metatibia
  • mesotibia
  • tibiiform
  • tibiad
  • basitibia
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