malleolus

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

malleolo

sinonimi

ankle

Traduzioni

mal·lèol

Fußknöchel

maleolo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/maˈliː.əl.əs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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