Definition of Calf bone

1. Noun. The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.

Exact synonyms: Fibula
Group relationships: Leg
Generic synonyms: Leg Bone

Definition of Calf bone

1. Noun. fibula. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calf Bone

calendulas
calendulin
calenture
calentured
calentures
calesa
calesas
calescence
calescent
calf
calf's-foot jelly
calf's brain
calf's liver
calf's tongue
calf-bone
calf bone (current term)
calf bones
calf diphtheria
calf love
calf pump
calf roping
calfbound
calfflesh
calfless
calflick
calflicks
calflike
calfs
calfskin
calfskins

Literary usage of Calf bone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"... border presents a sharp edge which forms the inner margin of the groove for the tendon of the Tibialis postions muscle. The Fibula, or calf bone (Figs. ..."

2. Therapeutic Gazette (1894)
"Seventh period, one month ; ox- and calf- bone-marrow and ferrous chloride (6 to 12 grains daily). The haemocytes remained, with some oscillations, ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1895)
"Sixth period, thirty-two days; ox and calf bone-marrow and salol (30 ... Seventh period, one month; ox and calf-bone marrow and ferrous chloride (6 to 12 ..."

4. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1897)
"270, u); in the posterior the two corresponding bones, the shin-bone (tibia) and calf-bone (fibula). (Cf. skeletons in Fig. 196 and Figs. 204-208). ..."

5. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1883)
"270, u) ; in the po the two corresponding bones, the shin-bone (tibit calf-bone (fibula). (Cf. skeletons in Fig. 19G anc 204-208). ..."

6. Injured...What Now? by H.W. Muller-Wohlfahrt, Hans Jurgen Montag (1999)
"... rupture happens between the shin-bone and the calf-bone. It may also occur with a ruptured ligament in the ankle, and be caused by an impact from kick ..."

7. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1879)
"270, u); in the posterior the two corresponding bones, the shin-bone (tibia) and calf-bone (fibula). (Cf. skeletons in Fig. 196 and Figs. 204-208). ..."

8. The Chemistry of Vegetable & Animal Physiology by Gerrit Jan Mulder (1849)
"The human calf bone, extracted with hydrochloric acid, is in every respect similar to the former. It appears, in a longitudinal section, ..."

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