GENU

knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu

(noun) hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

genu (plural genua)

(anatomy, zoology) knee

A knee-like bend.

Anagrams

• Egun

Source: Wiktionary


Ge"nu, n.; pl. Genua. Etym: [L., the knee.] (Anat.) (a) The knee. (b) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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