cnemial

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κνημίς (knēmís, “the lower part of the leg, greaves”).

Adjective

cnemial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the shinbone, or tibia.

   Some birds and reptiles have a cnemial crest.

Related terms

• epicnemial
• precnemial

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cnemial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• manicle, melanic