tibialis anterior

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   a muscle running from the tibia to the first metatarsal and cuneiform bones

   Synonymstibialis anticus

   Broadertibialis

Questions about tibialis anterior

What does tibialis anterior mean?

tibialis anterior means "a muscle running from the tibia to the first metatarsal and cuneiform bones".

What is another word for tibialis anterior?

Close synonyms include tibialis anticus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tibialis anterior a common word?

tibialis anterior is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.