MALLEOLI

Noun

malleoli

plural of malleolus

Anagrams

• Lamoille

Source: Wiktionary


MALLEOLUS

Mal*le"*o*lus, n.; pl. Malleoli. Etym: [L., dim. of malleus hammer.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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