cnemial

From Ancient Greek κνημίς (knēmís, “the lower part of the leg, greaves”). By surface analysis, cnem- +‎ -i- +‎ -al.

cnemial (not comparable)

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

   Some birds and reptiles, like dinosaurs, have a cnemial crest.

   cnemial ridge

• epicnemial
• precnemial

• “cnemial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• manicle, melanic