Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the fibula or to the outer portion of the leg.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, of or pertaining to the perone or fibula; fibular.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
fibula ;fibular - adjective of or pertaining to the outside of the
leg
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the fibula or the outer part of the leg below the knee
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hodges, who suffers from a peripheral nerve disease called peroneal muscular atrophy, was the recipient of a project from the Lowe's Heroes, a community volunteer program run by the national hardware store.
billingsgazette.com 2008
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According to The New Republic, Bagram's tactics routinely included "beatings, anal violation with sharp objects, blows to the genitals and 'peroneal' strikes [sharp blows to the leg with a baton or leg]."
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Everyone agrees peroneal strikes were never allowed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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In all those investigations, the “peroneal strikes” (such as those used against Dilawar in Bagram) had never come up.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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It became a kind of running joke, and people kept showing up to give this detainee a common peroneal strike just to hear him scream out ‘Allah,’ he said.
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It became a kind of running joke, and people kept showing up to give this detainee a common peroneal strike just to hear him scream out ‘Allah,’ he said.
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Everyone agrees peroneal strikes were never allowed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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In all those investigations, the “peroneal strikes” such as those used against Dilawar in Bagram had never come up.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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The falsely accused prisoner beaten to death at Bagram had been given so many peroneal strikes that a coroner testified that his leg tissue had '"basically been pulpified.'"
Senator Leahy? The "Truth" is Jack Bauer Tortured the Wrong Guys 2009
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The falsely accused prisoner beaten to death at Bagram had been given so many peroneal strikes that a coroner testified that his leg tissue had ‘“basically been pulpified.’”
chained_bear commented on the word peroneal
Often mistaken for perineal, perhaps.
August 8, 2008