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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 see also fibulaTopics Bodyc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, ‘shin bone’.

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