shinbone
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shin·bone
(shĭn′bōn′)n.
See tibia.
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shinbone
(ˈʃɪnˌbəʊn)n
(Anatomy) the nontechnical name for tibia1
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shin•bone
(ˈʃɪnˌboʊn)n.
the tibia.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English scinbān]
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shin·bone
(shĭn′bōn′) See tibia.
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Noun | 1. | shinbone - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle leg bone - a bone of the leg |
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shinbone
nounRelated words
technical name tibia
technical name tibia
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Translations
skinneben
tibio
sääriluu
sípcsont
skenben
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shinbone
n → Schienbein nt
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shinbone
n. espinilla, borde anterior de la tibia.
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shinbone
n tibia (form), espinilla, canillaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.