genu
Americannoun
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the knee.
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a kneelike part or bend.
noun
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the technical name for the knee
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any kneelike bend in a structure or part
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Etymology
Origin of genu
1850–55; < Latin; cognate with Greek góny knee
Example Sentences
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Apis a bed, genu a knee, Vulcanus, Doctor Dee: Viginti minus usus est mihi.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
They begin at their antero-ventral part near the genu of the corpus callosum and the anterior pillars of the fornix, and these are the parts which first appear in the lower mammals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Such a section will cut the corpus callosum anteriorly at the genu and posteriorly at the splenium, but the body is above the plane of section.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Backward curving of the upper end of the tibia has been already described as one of the causes of genu recurvatum.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Other forms of genu valgum are relatively rare.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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