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Shin bone   /ʃɪn boʊn/   Listen
noun
Shin  n.  
1.
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. "On his shin."
2.
(Railbroad) A fish plate for rails.
Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia.
Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.





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"Shin bone" Quotes from Famous Books



... accompanied, as usual, by a large following, was travelling, when one member of the party fell on the road and broke his shin bone in twain. Declan saw the accident and, pitying the injured man, he directed an individual of the company to bandage the broken limb so that the sufferer might not die through excess of pain and loss of blood. All replied that they could not endure to dress the wound owing to their horror ...
— Lives of SS. Declan and Mochuda • Anonymous
... heel is the prominent deformity, Syme's horse-shoe or stirrup splint (Fig. 97) may be employed. It is applied to the anterior aspect of the limb, which is carefully padded to prevent undue pressure on the edge of the shin bone. After the upper end of the splint has been fixed, the heel is pulled forward by a few turns of bandage passed over the prongs at the lower end of the splint. The foot is then inverted and brought up to a right angle by a few supplementary turns of the bandage. In a few days this appliance may ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


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