GENUA

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


Noun

genua

plural of genu

Source: Wiktionary


GENU

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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