| 单词 | outer malleolus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasouter malleolus 3. Anatomy. Either of the two bony protuberances on either side of the ankle, one of which (in full medial malleolus, internal malleolus, or inner malleolus) is a process of the tibia, and the other (in full lateral malleolus, external malleolus, or outer malleolus) a process of the fibula. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [noun] > bones of lower leg > other ankle bonea1398 malleolus1684 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 185 Malleolus, or Malleus, is twofold, external,..Or internal,..these make the Ancle. 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. cxv. 370 The external Malleol remained very large. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 742 It is also very bad..behind the malleoli, especially the internal malleolus. 1893 A. S. Eccles Sciatica 9 Between the inner malleolus and the heel. 1909 D. J. Cunningham Text-bk. Anat. (ed. 3) 237 The inferior extremity of the fibula, or lateral malleolus is of pyramidal form. 1909 D. J. Cunningham Text-bk. Anat. (ed. 3) 233 Medially there is a down-projecting process, called the medial malleolus. 1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xxvii. 336 (caption) The distance between the anterior superior iliac spine and the tip of the medial malleolus is measured on each side. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 277/2 The callus extended down the shafts of the tibiae to the malleoli. 1987 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 Apr. 931/1 The greater vulnerability of the skin over the malleoli. 1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) viii. 596 The site affected is usually around the medial malleolus. < as lemmas |
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