malleolus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of malleolus
1685–95; < Latin: small hammer, mallet, equivalent to malle ( us ) hammer + -olus -ole 1
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The distal end of the fibula forms the lateral malleolus, which forms the easily palpated bony bump on the lateral side of the ankle.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The sides of the talus are firmly held in position by the articulations with the medial malleolus of the tibia and the lateral malleolus of the fibula, which prevent any side-to-side motion of the talus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The outside area of his foot beneath and around the lateral malleolus was the first to require any real contortion.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2011
An MRI scan on Thursday revealed a break in the medial malleolus, on the inside part of Yao's ankle, but the 30-year-old Chinese has not yet decided on how he wants to proceed.
From Reuters • Dec. 18, 2010
Hancock's Method.—A single flap was formed in the sole, with the convexity looking forwards, by an incision from one malleolus to the other.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
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