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Meaning of platycnemia in English:

platycnemia

Pronunciation /ˌplatɪˈ(k)niːmɪə/

noun

(also platyknemia)
Anthropology

  • Flatness of the tibia; the condition of a tibia (often a fossil tibia) in which the anteroposterior diameter of the shaft is unusually small relative to the corresponding transverse diameter.

Origin

Late 19th century. From platy- + ancient Greek κνήμη tibia + -ia, after French platycnémie.