Taber's Medical Dictionary
leg
(leg)
1. In common usage, the entire lower limb, or from hip to ankle.
2. In anatomy, the lower leg from knee to ankle, whose bones are the tibia and fibula.
MUSCLES OF THE LEG
BONES OF THE LEG AND FOOT Anterior view
bandy leg
SEE: Valgus knee.
Barbados leg
Elephantiasis of the legs.
bayonet leg
An uncorrected posterior displacement of the knee bones, followed by ankylosis at the joint.
milk leg
restless leg
scissor leg
SEE: Scissor gait.
white leg
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Leg." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765889/all/leg.
Leg. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765889/all/leg. Accessed March 29, 2023.
Leg. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765889/all/leg
Leg [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 29]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765889/all/leg.
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