tibial

From Latin tībiālis, equivalent to tibia +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪbi.əl/

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tibial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.

   tibial plateau

   • 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.

2. (music) Of or relating to a pipe or flute.

• tibia

tibial (plural tibials)

1. (anatomy) A tibial bone.

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tibial (feminine tibiale, masculine plural tibiaux, feminine plural tibiales)

1. (anatomy) tibial

• “tibial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French tibial.

tibial m or n (feminine singular tibială, masculine plural tibiali, feminine and neuter plural tibiale)

1. tibial

• IPA^(key): /tiˈbjal/ [t̪iˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ti‧bial

tibial m or f (masculine and feminine plural tibiales)

1. (anatomy) tibial

• “tibial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024