peroneal
pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
Origin of peroneal
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How to use peroneal in a sentence
He did not distinguish tibial and peroneal components in the thigh.
Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in | E. Bruce HolmesPressure on the tibial and common peroneal nerves gives rise to severe pain, muscular cramp, and weakness of the leg.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesA high division of the branches which afterwards become posterior tibial and peroneal.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery | Joseph BellIn brief, we can, without inconvenience, consider it as a fasciculus of the short peroneal muscle.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals | douard CuyerA little before this insertion it crosses the tendon of the long peroneal in passing to the outer side of the latter.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals | douard Cuyer
British Dictionary definitions for peroneal
/ (ˌpɛrəˈniːəl) /
anatomy of or relating to the fibula or the outer side of the leg
Origin of peroneal
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