knock-knee
Americannoun
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inward curvature of the legs, causing the knees to knock together in walking.
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knock-knees, the knees of a person whose legs have such curvature.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of knock-knee
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Dr. Truslow operated on her right shin bone, just below the knee, to correct the knock-knee, knee flexion and outward flexion of that leg.
From Time Magazine Archive
That dog’s gonna be right jealous you dumped her so easy for something as plain and homely as that skinny, knock-knee Foster girl.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Flat-foot is often associated with knock-knee in children and young adults who are the subject of rickets.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
Bones divided in the course of an operation, for example in osteotomy for knock-knee, or wedge-shaped resection for bow-leg, are repaired by the same process as fractures.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The static equilibrium may be disturbed by such deformities as flat-foot or knock-knee, and badly united fractures of the lower extremity.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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