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comparative more peroneal · superlative most peroneal
- anatomyPertaining 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).First known use 19th c.
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 526Synonyms: fibular
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adjectivePertaining 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).
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