knee joint
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- noun
- /ni dʒɔɪnt/
- Exercises to strengthen the muscles around the knee joint can help prevent injuries.
- knee joint angle
- knee joint stiffness
- knee joint flexion
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Watch on YouTubeYou're never going to damage your knee joint by walking more.
- You're never going to damage your knee joint by walking more.
- We need eyeball cells and stomach cells and knee joint cells and foot cells and bone cells and brain cells.
- It looks much more rigid anyway without those knee joints, so we turn it this way and hold it in the middle.
- And so how much more would you say that of an eye or a knee joint or anything living so that that's the pale in watchmaker argument.
Examples
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After the fall, she felt a sharp pain in her knee joint whenever she tried to walk.
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So we know this length to the knee joint and we know this length to the shoulder joint.
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The second important condition is the geometry of motion at the knee joint.
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You're never going to damage your knee joint by walking more.
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Arthritic changes were seen in both knee joints.
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Physiological knee motion requires six degrees of freedom at the knee joint.
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Relevant findings on the physical exam were the presence of a swollen right knee joint as well as tenderness over the knee.
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DISCUSSION: The modified pendulum test is a reliable method for evaluating knee joint stiffness.
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Today, objective knee joint stiffness can be measured using the Wartenburg modified pendulum test with electronic data collection tools.
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The doctor examined the patient's left knee joint to check for any injuries.
Synonyms
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A joint where the thigh meets the lower leg
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2.4
The joint between the thigh and the shin, covered by the kneecap
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9.9
The knee joint where the thigh bone meets the shin bones, protected by the kneecap
The joint at the knee that lets the leg bend
How Specific
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'knee joint' is directly and transparently derived from 'knee' (the body part) + 'joint' (where bones meet); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the joint at the knee. This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase seen across languages and medical vocabulary, so the sense is immediately comprehensible without prior exposure.
Etymology
Knee joint is a simple name made from knee and joint; imagine the place where your thigh and lower leg meet and bend like a hinge. So, it means 'the joint where the thigh meets the lower leg'.