Definition of Cnemial

1. a. Pertaining to the shin bone.

Definition of Cnemial

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cnemial

1. relating to the shin [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cnemial

clysmic
clyster
clysters
cléché
cm
cmavo
cmc
cmd
cmdlet
cmdlets
cme-carbodiimide
cmene
cmon
cnaemial
cnawvshawl
cnemial (current term)
cnemis
cnida
cnidae
cnidaria
cnidarian
cnidarian venoms
cnidarians
cnidariologist
cnidoblast
cnidoblasts
cnidocil
cnidocils
cnidocyst
cnidocysts

Literary usage of Cnemial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1896)
"The upper margin corresponds to the anterior surface. INDEX TO LETTER REFERENCES. A Intercondylar eminence. B Rotular or cnemial channel. ..."

2. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1891)
"Stercorarius, on the contrary, has a long patella that in life reaches down to the cnemial process, and shows across its anterior face an oblique groove for ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1891)
"In the small relative height of the cnemial crest this type accords with ... The tibio-tarsus of that species has a comparatively short cnemial crest, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"To show that I have always agreed with the eminent authorities he alludes to for my benefit, in the co-existence of a patella and an elongated cnemial ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Possessed of a large patella, co-existing with an elongated cnemial process ... in the adult with the elongated cnemial process of the tibio-tarsus. ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"The cnemial crest of this leg-bone is but little raised above the undulating articular surface of its summit, while the pro- and ecto- ..."

7. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"Bones of left lower leg of Horse (much more reduced), en. cnemial erest. ... en., cnemial erest, im, internal malleolus. em, external malleolus. ..."

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