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
Scoliosis, lordosis, knock-knee, flat foot, pigeon chest, albuminuria, cold and cyanosed extremities, are the rule rather than the exception.
From The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron
If allowed to unite with the condyle displaced, the articular surface is oblique and bow- or knock-knee results.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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