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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌpɛː.ɹəˈniː.əl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌpɛɹ.oʊˈniː.əl/, /pəˈɹoʊ.ni.əl/ (to differentiate from perineal, see below)
• 韻: -iːəl

形容詞

peroneal (comparative more peroneal, superlative most peroneal)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the fibula or to the part of the leg containing it, the outside (lateral aspect) of the lower leg (that is, what anatomical terminology calls the leg, from knee to foot). [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 526:

     Charcot praised Duchenne's work on tabes, and gave the first description of sclerosis and the peroneal type of muscular atrophy.

使用する際の注意点

Do not confuse peroneal ("of the outside of the lower leg") with perineal ("of the skin between the genitals and anus"); the words sound almost alike or even entirely alike, depending on the variable quality of a single reduced vowel.

同意語

• fibular

派生語

アナグラム

• Loperena