genu
Americannoun
plural
genua-
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
Other Word Forms
- genual adjective
- supergenual adjective
Etymology
Origin of genu
1850–55; < Latin; cognate with Greek góny knee
Example Sentences
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The word “kneel” derives from the Proto-Indo-European root “genu-” which meant both “knee” and “angle.”
From Seattle Times
Par� declared that genu valgum, that is knock-knees, were due to similar causes as those which produced club foot, or at least that the affections were related.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
Backward curving of the upper end of the tibia has been already described as one of the causes of genu recurvatum.
From Project Gutenberg
These necessaries are confined at the knee by a transverse row of pearl buttons crossing the genu patella.
From Project Gutenberg
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