Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tibia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tibia \Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. {Tibi[ae]}. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of
the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See
Illust. under {Coleoptera}, and under {Hexapoda}.
3. (Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind,
originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tibia
n : the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg
between the knee and ankle [syn: {shinbone}, {shin}]
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