English > leg: 9 senses > noun 1, bodyMeaning | A human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. |
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Part of | body, organic structure | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
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Parts | ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis | A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus |
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crus | The leg from the knee to foot |
fibula, calf bone | The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle |
foot, human foot, pes | The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint |
knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu | hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella |
knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga | An inward slant of the thigh |
leg bone | A bone of the leg |
peroneal vein, fibular vein, vena peroneus | Accompany the peroneal arteries |
saphenous nerve, nervus saphenus | A branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and foot |
saphenous vein, vena saphena | Either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot |
sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus | Arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves |
shank | The part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle |
shin | The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle |
thigh | The part of the leg between the hip and the knee |
tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin | The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle |
tibial vein, vena tibialis | veins of the lower leg |
tibialis, tibialis muscle, musculus tibialis | Either of two skeletal muscle in each leg arising from the tibia |
Narrower | bowleg, bow leg, bandyleg, bandy leg, genu varum, tibia vara | A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) |
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pin, peg, stick | informal terms for the leg |
shank's mare, shanks' mare, shank's pony, shanks' pony | You own legs |
spindlelegs, spindleshanks | long thin legs |
Broader | limb | One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping |
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Spanish | pata, pierna |
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Catalan | cama |
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Adjectives | leggy | having long legs |
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