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genu

[ jee-noo, -nyoo, jen-oo, -yoo ]

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.
plural genua
  1. the knee.
  2. a kneelike part or bend.


genu

/ ˈɛː /

noun

  1. the technical name for the knee
  2. any kneelike bend in a structure or part
“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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Other yvlog Forms

  • n· adjective
  • super·n· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of genu1

1850–55; < Latin; cognate with Greek óԲ knee
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of genu1

Latin: knee
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Example Sentences

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The word “kneel” derives from the Proto-Indo-European root “genu-” which meant both “knee” and “angle.”

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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.

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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.

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Backward curving of the upper end of the tibia has been already described as one of the causes of genu recurvatum.

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These necessaries are confined at the knee by a transverse row of pearl buttons crossing the genu patella.

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