a. [f. Gr. κνήμ-η tibia + -(I)AL.] Relating to the tibia.
1871. Huxley, Anat. Vert., 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. Syd. Soc. Lex., Cnemial crest, a bony prominence of the upper end of the tibia in many birds.
