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Definition of
tibia noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
tibia
noun
/ˈtɪbiə/
/ˈtɪbiə/
(plural
tibiae
/ˈtɪbiiː/
/ˈtɪbiiː/
)
(
anatomy
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the
shin bone
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fibula
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Body
c2
Word Origin
late Middle English: from Latin, ‘shin bone’.
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tibia
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TiB
abbreviation
Tib
abbreviation
tibia
noun
tic
noun
tick
verb
reckon
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