tibialis posterior

1. 1.

   a deep muscle of the leg

   Synonymstibialis posticus

   Broadertibialis

Questions about tibialis posterior

What does tibialis posterior mean?

tibialis posterior means "a deep muscle of the leg".

What is another word for tibialis posterior?

Close synonyms include tibialis posticus. 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 posterior a common word?

tibialis posterior 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.