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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle;
[syn: tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tibia \Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. Tibiae. [L.] 1. (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda. [1913 Webster] 3. (Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tibia n 1: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle [syn: tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin]