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platycnemia
[ plat-ik-nee-mee-uh, plat-i-nee- ]
noun
- (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of platycnemia1
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Example Sentences
Among savages this use of dancing works harmoniously with the various other uses which dancing possesses in primitive times and which cause it to occupy so large and vital a part in savage life that it may possibly even affect the organism to such an extent as to mold the bones; so that some authorities have associated platycnemia with dancing.
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