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Definitions: MALLEOLUS |
MALLEOLUSNoun1. " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through. 2. 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. |
Etymology: Malleolus \Mal*le"*o*lus\, noun; plural Malleoli. [Latin expression, diminutive of malleus hammer.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: MALLEOLUS |
| English words defined with "MALLEOLUS": Malleolar, Malleoli. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "MALLEOLUS": Tibial Arteries. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MALLEOLUS": Malleolar. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
malleolus medial | 11 |
malleolus | 8 |
lateral malleolus | 7 |
fracture malleolus | 2 |
fracture lateral malleolus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MALLEOLUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | malleolus (ankle bone), ankelknogle (ankle bone). (various references) | |
Dutch | enkel (ankle, ankle bone, entrance, exclusively, flapper, just, mere, only, opening, single, sole, solitary). (various references) | |
Finnish | kehräs (ankle bone). (various references) | |
French | malléole. (various references) | |
German | Malleolus (ankle bone), Fußknöchel (ankle bone), Enkel (ankle bone, grandchild, grandchildren, grandson). (various references) | |
Greek | σφυρόν (ankle bone), αστράγαλος (ankle, ankle bone). (various references) | |
Hungarian | boka (ankle, tarsus). (various references) | |
Italian | malleolo (ankle, ankle bone). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alleolusmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | maléolo (ankle, ankle bone). (various references) | |
Spanish | tobillo (ankle, ankle bone). (various references) | |
Swedish | malleol (ankle bone), fotknöl (ankle, ankle bone), ankel (ankle, ankle bone). (various references) | |
Turkish | ayak bileği yan kemiği. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "MALLEOLUS" (pronounced 'Mal*le"*o*lus'): Abaculus, AEolus, Alto-cumulus, Alveolus, Angelus, Annulus, Articulus, Asilus, Astragalus, Bacillus, Baetulus, Bolus, Bucephalus, Callus, Canaliculus, Carolus, Cauliculus, Clitellus, Crotalus, Cucullus, Discobolus, Dolus, Dracunculus, Embolus, Entellus, Fasciculus, Flocculus, funiculus, Gladiolus, Glomerulus, Gryllus, Hamulus, Hectocotylus, hilus, homunculus, Hydrocaulus, hydrocephalus, Iulus, Julus, Lienculus, Limulus, loculus, modiolus, modulus, Monomphalus, Nautilus, Nucellus, Nucleolus, Obelus, Obolus, Ocellus, Oculus, Overplus, Palulus, Palus, Paxillus, Pediculus, Peplus, Pessulus, Phacellus, Phallus, PLUS, Prothallus, Proventriulus, Pullus, Pulvillus, Pulvinulus, Ramulus, Regulus, sacculus, Scamillus, sphacelus, Splenculus, stimulus, Strato-cumulus, Strophulus, Superplus, Tantalus, thallus, Triungulus, Troilus, tumulus, Urceolus, utriculus, Ventriculus, Verticillus, Villus, Vitellus, Volvulus, Zulus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-l-l-m-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: malleus. | |
-3 letters: amoles, mullas, oleums, slalom, ulemas. | |
-4 letters: almes, aloes, alums, amole, amuse, lalls, lames, loams, lolls, losel, louse, lulls, males, malls, mauls, meals, mells, meous, molal, molas, moles, molls, moues, mouse, mules, mulla, mulls, oleum, ollas, ousel, salol, small, smell, solum, ulema. | |
-5 letters: ales, alls, alme, alms, aloe, also, alum, amus, ells, elms, emus, lall, lame, lams, lase, leal, leas, loam, loll, lose, lues, lull, lums, maes, male, mall, maul, meal, mell, mels, meou, mesa, moas, mola, mole, moll, mols, moue, mule, mull, muse, olea, oles, olla, sale, sall, same, saul, seal, seam, sell, slam, sloe, slue, slum, sola, sole, soma, some, soul, sumo. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 41 4C 4C 45 4F 4C 55 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-.. .-.. . --- .-.. ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000001 01001100 01001100 01000101 01001111 01001100 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M A L L E O L U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0041 004C 004C 0045 004F 004C 0055 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)473546463949465553 |
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