-cnemic

adjective combining form

-cne·​mic

(k)¦nēmik

: -shinned

platycnemic

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary -cnem- (from Greek knēmē shin) + -ic; probably originally formed as French -cnémique

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