cnemialadj.
/ˈkniːmɪəl/ Relating to the tibia.
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1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals vi. 295 The tibia [of birds] is a highly characteristic bone. Its proximal end is expanded and produced anteriorly into a great cnemial process.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Cnemial crest, a bony prominence of the upper end of the tibia in many birds.
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