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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: 'piece of jewelry for fastening clothes' (because of the shape of the two bones)

fibula

 noun
     
Related topics: Human
fib‧u‧la [countable] medical
HBH the outer bone of the two bones in your leg below your knee
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