fibula

Example Sentences

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The Sweden international had an operation on what Liverpool described as "an ankle injury that included a fibula fracture".

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after the Premier League champions revealed he had surgery on an ankle injury that includes a fibula fracture on Monday.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

He didn't know it at the time, but Tom, 37, had broken his fibula and badly damaged his ankle ligaments.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

Throughout his career, Ovechkin largely dodged serious injury until last November, when he fractured his fibula after getting clipped in the leg by an opposing defender.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2025

I learned that the bones in the leg are the femur, the tibia, the patella, and the fibula.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper