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Definition of Malleolus

1. n. A projection 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.

Definition of Malleolus

1. Noun. The bony prominence on each side of the ankle joint. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malleolus

1. a bony protuberance of the ankle [n -LI]

Medical Definition of Malleolus

1. Origin: L, dim. Of malleus hammer. 1. A projection 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. 2. " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Malleolus

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

1. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1875)
"Burning pain on the left external malleolus.—Gnawing on the forepart of the right ... Violent pressive pain in the inner right malleolus, for half a minute. ..."

2. A Text-book of operative surgery: Covering the Surgical Anatomy and by Warren Stone Bickham (1904)
"(i inch) behind and parallel with the internal malleolus, beginning just in front of tip of malleolus and extending upward in a line midway between internal ..."

3. Diseases and deformities of the foot by John Joseph Nutt (1913)
"ADVANCEMENT OF THE EXTERNAL malleolus Fig. 28 shows the normal relative position of the external to the internal malleolus. ..."

4. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1884)
"... inner malleolus, while the foot is forcibly extended. As soon as the joint opens sufficiently, the lateral ligaments are to be divided by cutting ..."

5. Dislocations and Joint-fractures by Frederic Jay Cotton (1910)
"FRACTURE OF THE EXTERNAL malleolus Fractures of the external malleolus are ... The diagnostic feature is that the pressure upon the external malleolus (at ..."

6. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1907)
"As they cannot well be grouped I give a summary of each. Laumonier : The head of the astragalus protruded under the internal malleolus between the tendons ..."

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