noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The knee.
2. 2
   hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella wordnet
3. 3
   The knee.; A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in the corpus callosum of mammals.

Synonyms

All synonyms

articulatio genushuman kneekneekneeknee joint

Etymology

PIE word *ǵónu Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”).

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