malleolus

Significat (Anglès)

The bony prominence with a shape likened to a hammerhead, especially each of those at the distal end of the fibula or tibia, on either side of the ankle joint.

Conceptes

mal·lèol

Sinònims

ankle

Traduccions

malleolo

Fußknöchel

maleolo

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/maˈliː.əl.əs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Latin malleolus (“a small hammer or mallet”); itself from malleus (“a hammer, mallet”) + -olus (“diminutive suffix”).