01 n. A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of t…
pl.
Malleoli ((#))
-
1.
A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external.(Anat.)
-
2.
“ A layer, ” a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through.