knock-knee
inward curvature of the legs, causing the knees to knock together in walking.
knock-knees, the knees of a person whose legs have such curvature.
Origin of knock-knee
1Other words from knock-knee
- knock-kneed, adjective
Words Nearby knock-knee
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How to use knock-knee in a sentence
Flat-foot is often associated with knock-knee in children and young adults who are the subject of rickets.
He was low in stature, rather stout, and very knock-knee'd; and his face was one paradise of never-fading ale-blossoms.
Lancashire Sketches | Edwin WaughA far commoner deformity than the preceding is that known as knock-knee (or Genu Valgum).
Laxity of the ligaments and knock-knee are predisposing factors.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander MilesIn oblique fracture a gliding displacement is liable to occur and cause bow- or knock-knee.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
British Dictionary definitions for knock-knee
a condition in which the legs are bent inwards causing the knees to touch when standing: Technical name: genu valgum
Derived forms of knock-knee
- knock-kneed, adjective
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