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Genu

//ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː// noun

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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.

Etymology

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

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