Definition of Perone

1. the fibula [n -S] - See also: fibula

Medical Definition of Perone

1. Synonym: fibula. Origin: G. Perone, brooch, the small bone of the arm or leg, the fibula, fr. Peiro, to pierce (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perone

perofskite
perofskites
perogative
perogen
perogies
perogue
perogues
perogy
perokito
peromyscus
peronate
perone (current term)
peroneal
peroneal anastomotic ramus
peroneal artery
peroneal bone
peroneal communicating branch
peroneal communicating nerve
peroneal muscular atrophy
peroneal nerve
peroneal node
peroneal phenomenon
peroneal pulley
peroneal retinaculum
peroneal trochlea of calcaneus
peroneal vein

Literary usage of Perone

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

1. A Glossary of Biological, Anatomical, and Physiological Terms by Thomas Dunman (1879)
"Perene'o-calca'neus inter'aus (Gr. perone, the fibula; L. calx, the heel; ... perone'al (Gr. perone, the fibula).—A term sometimes applied to the fibula; ..."

2. A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum by Samuel Birch, Charles Thomas Newton (1870)
"... and a chlamys, fastened on his breast by a circular brooch, perone, and hanging down his back; his right hand rests on a spear, held perpendicularly, ..."

3. A Dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris, Ferdinand James Samuel Gorgas (1882)
"perone'vm; from brooch. The fibula ; so called ' resembles the pin of a brooch. ... perone 'ut*. A term applied in A omy to organs attached to or that the ..."

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