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Definition of Tibial

1. Adjective. Relating to or located near a tibia.

Definition of Tibial

1. a. Of or pertaining to a tibia.

2. n. A tibial bone; a tibiale.

Definition of Tibial

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia, as with tibial plateau. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tibial

1. tibia [adj] - See also: tibia

Medical Definition of Tibial

1. 1. Of or pertaining to a tibia. 2. Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute. Tibial spur, a spine frequently borne on the tibia of insects. Origin: L. Tibialis, fr. Tibia the shin bone; also, a pipe or flute, originally made of a bone: cf. F. Tibial. A tibial bone; a tibiale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tibial

Literary usage of Tibial

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The Anterior tibial Artery (Fig. 321). The anterior tibial artery commences at the bifurcation of the popliteal at the lower border of the Popliteus muscle, ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The Posterior tibial Artery (A. tibialis Posterior) (Fig. 626). The posterior tibial artery begins at the lower border of the Popliteus, opposite the ..."

3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"It is attached, also, to the sheath of the perone! muscles. tibial ... and the tibial» anticus, angrier to the interosseous ligament; glides under the ..."

4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Schäfer, Johnson Symington, Thomas Hastie Bryce (1909)
"tibial nerve (internal popliteal and posterior tibial nerves). ... It passes down the leg with the posterior tibial artery, lying for a short distance on ..."

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