fibular

[As if from a Lat. fibular is, from fibula =a clasp or buckle.] Anat .: Of or pertaining to the fibula. fi-cär-I-a, 8. [Lat. ficaria =a fig plantation; ficarius pertaining to figs: so called because the fasciculated knobs of the roots have been fancifully compared to little figs.] Bot.: A section or sub-genus of Ranunculus, differing from the more typical buttercups in having three to five sepals and eight to twelve petals. It contains one commonly known species, Ranunculus tory effusions upon the serous and synovial ficaria, the Pilewort or Le er Celandine. It has membranes (but rarely), in the interstitial effusions of pneumonia, especially when chronic, in cirrhosis of the liver, in the products of suppurating sur faces, in certain tumors, . [TISSUE.] fi-brō-sër-ous, a . [Pref. fibro- , and English serous. Partaking of the nature or character of fibrous and serous membranes; consisting of fibrous and serous membranes intimately united.