Associations to the word «Genu»

Wiktionary

GENU, noun. (anatomy) (zoology) knee
GENU, noun. A knee-like bend.
GENU VALGUM, noun. (medicine) The condition in which the knees are abnormally close together and the ankles far apart
GENU VALGUMS, noun. Plural of genu valgum
GENU VARUM, noun. (medical) bowleg

Dictionary definition

GENU, noun. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope