‖ perone Anat.
(ˈpɛrəniː)
Also perona.
[mod. L. peronē, perona, a. Gr. περόνη a pin, a buckle, the fibula.]
The fibula or small bone of the leg.
| 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Perona, also called Fibula, because it joyns the Muscles of the Leg. 1709 Blair in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 150 The Perone was fix'd to the Tibia at the upper part, by a Pin. 1758 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 334 The Peronè was broke obliquely. |