knock knee

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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.

Origin:
1820–30

Related forms:

knock-kneed, adjective

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: knock–knee
Pronunciation: 'näk-'nE, -"nE
Function: noun
: a condition in which the legs curve inward at the knees called also genuvalgum —knock–kneed /-'nEd/ adjective

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Medical Dictionary

knock-knee (nŏk'nē')
n.
A deformity of the legs in which the knees are abnormally close together and the ankles are spread widely apart.

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