peroneal

[ per-uh-nee-uhl ]

adjective

, Anatomy.

1. pertaining to or situated near the fibula.

peroneal

/ ˌpɛrəˈniːəl /

adjective

1. anatomy of or relating to the fibula or the outer side of the leg

Word History and Origins

Origin of peroneal¹

1825–35; < New Latin peronē the fibula (< Greek perónē originally, linchpin, pin of a buckle or brooch) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of peroneal¹

C19: from New Latin peronē fibula, from Greek: fibula

Example Sentences

He did not distinguish tibial and peroneal components in the thigh.

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Pressure on the tibial and common peroneal nerves gives rise to severe pain, muscular cramp, and weakness of the leg.

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A high division of the branches which afterwards become posterior tibial and peroneal.

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In brief, we can, without inconvenience, consider it as a fasciculus of the short peroneal muscle.

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A little before this insertion it crosses the tendon of the long peroneal in passing to the outer side of the latter.

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