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malleolus

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malleolus [mə′lē·ə·ləs]
(anatomy)
A projection on the distal end of the tibia and fibula at the ankle.


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54 cm (1 in) in diameter were placed on the subjects' right lower extremity over the greater trochanter, the middle of the lateral joint line of the knee, and the lateral malleolus.
DISPLACED OLECRANON FX 4 46 1 4 FIB FX 5 22 1 4 LATERAL MALLEOLUS FX DISPLACED FIB FX 6 35 5 4 LF.
Computed tomography (CT) of the temporal bone detected a soft-tissue mass that involved the left epitympanum and mesotympanum and compromised the malleolus of the ossicular chain and the facial nerve (figure 1).
 
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