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Knee joint   /ni dʒɔɪnt/   Listen
Knee joint

noun
1.
Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.  Synonyms: articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee.






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"Knee joint" Quotes from Famous Books



... does, and we have two cures for him, both equally good. We take up a forefoot and strike his shoe two or three times with a stone. The operation always interests him greatly, and he usually starts. If he doesn't go for that, we pass a line round his forelegs, at the knee joint, then go in front of him and draw on the line. Father won't let the men use a whip, unless ...
— Beautiful Joe - An Autobiography of a Dog • by Marshall Saunders

... across the chicken just back of the keel of the breast bone. I cut the feet off at the knee joint and slip the drumstick through this slit. Then I lay the chicken up to cool out overnight. The next morning it may be wrapped and boxed, and is then ...
— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer



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