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fibula

[fib-yuh-luh] / ˈfɪb jə lə /




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East Carolina coach Blake Harrell later confirmed Coleman Jr had an X-ray at half-time which showed he fractured his fibula during the incident.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The youngster from Holywell, Flintshire, was born without a fibula in his left leg and his foot was removed at 15 months.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

He sustained a fractured right fibula and tibia, a displaced ankle and torn ligaments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

ElAttrache performed surgery on McGregor in July 2021, inserting a rod, plates and screws into his left leg after the fighter broke his tibia and fibula during a bout against Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

The fibula of Booth’s lower left leg, a thin bone that is not intended to bear weight, snaps just above his ankle.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

He was born with unformed fibulae, and his legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2017

Born without fibulae, the now 39-year-old’s lower legs were amputated when she was very young.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2015

Known as the “Blade Runner,” Pistorius is a double amputee who wears curved carbon fiber blades where his fibulae ought to be.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2012

At Caerwent the evidence is confined to coins and fibulae, none of which seem earlier than Vespasian or Domitian: for the coins see Clifton Antiq.

From The Romanization of Roman Britain by F. (Francis) Haverfield

Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters History of a champion athlete turned murderer 1986 Oscar Pistorius is born in Sandton, South Africa, with no fibulas.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2016

Mr. Pistorius was born without fibulas and had his lower legs amputated when he was 11 months old.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2014

Pistorius was born without fibulas, one of the two long bones in the lower leg.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2012

Pistorius, born without fibulas and who had his lower legs amputated when a baby, uses carbon fiber prosthetic running blades and is hoping to qualify for the 400 meters at the Games.

From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2012

And what strange anatomical proportions they exhibit, with their gigantic heads, abortive necks, and the calves of their legs protuberant around their tibias and fibulas, alike before and behind!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various


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