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. Technical name: genu valgum. a condition in which the legs are bent inwards causing the knees to touch when standing

Other Word Forms

• knock-kneed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of knock-knee¹

First recorded in 1820–30

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.

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

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

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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.

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

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