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The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

Of or pertaining to a tibia.

The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.

Situated in front of the tibia.

Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.

Antimonial intoxication or poisoning. Dunglison.

Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium). Stibiated tartar. See Tartar emetic, under Tartar.

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

aining to the shin bone. Cnemial crest, a crestlike prominence on the proximal end of the tibia of birds and some reptiles.

One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.

y. Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.

The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.

The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals.

ection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external.

Lateral flattening of the tibia.

eon. Pott's fracture, a fracture of the lower end of the fibula, with displacement of the tibia. Dunglison.

; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb.

The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

A fish plate for rails. Knight. Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia. -- Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.

To play on a tibia, or pipe. [R.]