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calf bone

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calf bone
n.
See fibula.

calf bone.
See fibula.


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Eduardo had suffered a broken left fibula- the calf bone originating from the ankle- and an open dislocation of his ankle.
Dr Briggs and his team performed a pioneering operation that involved grafting bone from her calf bone, breaking it into three, and attaching it to her damaged hip joint.
She had surgery to mend the broken shin and calf bone on the Sunday and doctors in-serted a metal rod in her leg.
 
 
 
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