Meanings of malleolus in English

The incision is to stop at least half-an-inch below the internal malleolus.

The malleolus articulates with the talus in the foot, and provides joint stability.

That's the medial malleolus, the bony lump you feel on the inside of your ankle.

The shape and robusticity of the malleolus.

Perry was magnifying a discoloration barely visible in the glob of flesh I'd retracted from the malleolus.

The medial (internal lateral) ligament serves to join the medial (internal) tibial malleolus with tibial tarsal (astragalus) and other tarsal bones.

The autoregulation of blood flow in subcutaneous tissue was investigated at the level of the lateral malleolus by the local 133Xenon washout technique.

The internal saphenous vein and nerve lie just behind the internal border of the tibia, and below pass in front of the internal malleolus.

All patients presented with pain and swelling around the lateral malleolus and a 'heal-up' sign; 7 of them presented with an additional discharging sinus.

The posterior tibial artery is located behind and below the bone that sticks out on the inside of the foot (medial malleolus).

I was rotating the new hunk of leg when I noticed an irregularity centered in the shaft approximately five centimeters above the troublesome malleolus.

Dr. M. Buchanan of Glasgow has described an operation by which the joint can be excised through a single incision over the external malleolus.

Most surgical manuals, even when they profess to describe Mr. Syme's own method of operating, say that the incision should extend from malleolus to malleolus.

Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate treatment effect and importance of posterior malleolus (PM) fixation in surgically treated trimalleolar fractures.

"Parts of a left leg were also recovered on Tuesday, including a portion of medial malleolus."

The incision is to stop at least half-an-inch below the internal malleolus.