peroneal
adjUK /ˌpɛː.ɹəˈniː.əl/ · US /ˌpɛɹ.oʊˈniː.əl/
Etymology From perona or peroneus + -al.
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Pertaining to the fibula or to the part of the leg containing it, the outside (lateral aspect) of the lower leg (that is, what anatomical terminology calls the leg, from knee to foot).
- Charcot praised Duchenne's work on tabes, and gave the first description of sclerosis and the peroneal type of muscular atrophy.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 526:
- Synonyms
- fibular
- Derived terms
- humeroperoneal, peroneal artery, peroneal nerve, peroneal vein, scapuloperoneal, tibioperoneal