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He was taken to a hospital with a tibia and fibula fracture and quickly rushed into surgery.—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 The only Pistons rotation player unavailable against the Heat is Jaden Ivey, who is out for the rest of the season after fracturing his fibula in January.—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025 Unfortunately, during a challenging AEW Continental Classic tournament match against Will Ospreay, Robinson broke his fibula.—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025 The signal-caller suffered a spiral and compound fracture to his tibia and fibula in his right leg after JJ Watt and Kareem Jackson convened in a sack.—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fibula
: the outer or postaxial and usually the smaller of the two bones of the hind or lower limb below the knee that is the slenderest bone of the human body in proportion to its length, articulates above with the external tuberosity of the tibia and below with the talus, and has its lower end forming the external malleolus of the ankle
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