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genu
[ jee-noo, -nyoo, jen-oo, -yoo ]
noun
, Anatomy, Zoology.
, plural ge·nu·a [jen, -oo-, uh, -yoo-, uh].
- the knee.
- a kneelike part or bend.
genu
/ ˈdʒɛnjuː /
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Other Words From
- genu·al adjective
- super·genu·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of genu1
Latin: knee
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Example Sentences
"It's genu-ine all right," he at length admitted grudgingly.
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Genoa is believed to derive its name from the fact that the shape of this portion of the coast resembles that of a knee (genu).
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Ovid says—'qui medius nixique genu est anguemque tenentis,' Met.
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The capsule adapts itself to the contour of the lenticular nucleus and has an anterior limb, a bend or genu, and a posterior limb.
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A far commoner deformity than the preceding is that known as knock-knee (or Genu Valgum).
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