malleolus
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malleoli
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Origin of malleolus
1685–95; < Latin: small hammer, mallet, equivalent to malle ( us ) hammer + -olus -ole 1
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These connections prevent separation between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and maintain the talus locked into position between the medial malleolus and lateral malleolus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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 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
Uncus, ung′kus, n. a hook or claw, or a hook-like process: the head of the malleolus or lateral tooth of the mastax of a wheel-animalcule:—pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Fractures of the bony processes surrounding the elbow-joint, and of the malleoli of the tibia and fibula, were not infrequent, but offered no special features.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
The lower ends of the tibia and fibula are then to be isolated from the soft parts, and a thin slice, including both malleoli, to be removed.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
Medial or lateral dislocation is only possible after fracture of one or both malleoli, and may be looked upon as a complication of these injuries.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In all these injuries the body of the talus loses its normal relationship with the malleoli.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
There is great broadening in the region of the ankle, and the malleoli are unduly prominent under the skin, which is tightly stretched over them.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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