1670s, "clasp, buckle, brooch," from Latin fibula "clasp, brooch," related to figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix (v.)). In reference to brooches, the modern English word mostly is used in archaeology. As "smaller bone in the lower leg" from 1706, from a Latin loan-translation of Greek perone "small bone in the lower leg," originally "clasp, brooch; anything pointed for piercing or pinning;" the bone was so called because it resembles a clasp such as that found in a modern safety pin. Related: Fibular.
双语例句
1. He stumbled when playing on the field and injured his fibula.
他打球的时候摔了一跤,腓骨骨折了.
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2. There is also tender pain in the upper section of the fibula.
腓骨上段也有压痛.
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3. The incidence of severe open fractures of tibia and fibula is increasing.
严重胫腓骨开放性骨折的发病呈上升趋势.
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4. The result , tests later showed , was a fractured fibula.
检查后确定是腓骨骨折.
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5. Objective retrospective analysis to clinic effect of tibia - fibula fracture with interlocking intramedullary nail and anatomical plate.