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knock-knee

[ nok-nee ]

noun

  1. inward curvature of the legs, causing the knees to knock together in walking.
  2. knock-knees, the knees of a person whose legs have such curvature.


knock-knee

noun

  1. a condition in which the legs are bent inwards causing the knees to touch when standing Technical namegenu valgum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌknock-ˈkneed, adjective
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Other Words From

  • knock-kneed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of knock-knee1

First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences

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.

Flat-foot is often associated with knock-knee in children and young adults who are the subject of rickets.

In oblique fracture a gliding displacement is liable to occur and cause bow- or knock-knee.

An obliquity of the bone may result when one half of the epiphysial cartilage is destroyed and the other half continues to form bone, giving rise to such deformities as knock-knee and club-hand.

Scoliosis, lordosis, knock-knee, flat foot, pigeon chest, albuminuria, cold and cyanosed extremities, are the rule rather than the exception.

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