shin (shin) the prominent anterior edge of the tibia or the leg.
saber shin,
saber shin
saber shin marked anterior convexity of the tibia, seen in congenital syphilis and in yaws.
sa·ber shin (s  b r)n. A sharp-edged anteriorly convex tibia characteristic of congenital syphilis. |
saber shin,
a sharp, anterior bowing of the tibia caused by hereditary syphilis.
saber shin
A descriptor for the thickened, anteriorly-bowed–with possible lateral bowing tibial cortex, caused by chronic periostitis which spares the epiphysis, first described in latent congenital syphilis, which may also be seen
in advanced acquired syphilis
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