knee injury

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• Knee — Infobox Anatomy Name = Knee joints Latin = articulatio genus GraySubject = 93 GrayPage = 339 Caption = Diagram of human knee |Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = femoral, obturator, sciatic Lymph = MeshName = Knee MeshNumber …   Wikipedia

• injury — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ appalling (esp. BrE), bad, catastrophic, devastating, horrendous, major, nasty, serious, severe, terrible …   Collocations dictionary

• knee — knee1 W2S2 [ni:] n [: Old English; Origin: cneow] 1.) the joint that bends in the middle of your leg ▪ Lucy had a bandage round her knee. on your knees ▪ She was on her knees (=kneeling) weeding the garden. sink/fall/drop to your knees (=move so… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• knee — knee1 [ ni ] noun count *** 1. ) the part in the middle of your leg, where it bends: Bend your knees when you pick up heavy objects. We were up to our knees in mud. She wore a black dress reaching to just above the knee. Her knees buckled and she …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• knee — [[t]ni͟ː[/t]] ♦♦♦ knees, kneeing, kneed 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Your knee is the place where your leg bends. He will receive physiotherapy on his damaged left knee. ...a knee injury. 2) N COUNT: poss N, oft on N If something or someone is on your… …   English dictionary

• knee — I UK [niː] / US [nɪ] noun [countable] Word forms knee : singular knee plural knees *** 1) a) the part in the middle of your leg, where it bends Shirley sat in the corner, hugging her knees. We were up to our knees in mud. a serious knee injury… …   English dictionary

• knee*/*/*/ — [niː] noun [C] 1) the part in the middle of your leg, where it bends a serious knee injury[/ex] Bend your knees when you pick up heavy objects.[/ex] We were up to our knees in mud.[/ex] He got down on his knees for a closer look.[/ex] 2) the… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Injury, knee meniscus — Injury to one of the two crescent shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh bone) and the tibia (the shin bone). Each meniscus acts as a smooth surface for the joint to move on. The two menisci are easily injured …   Medical dictionary

• Knee pain — is a common complaint for many people. There are several factors that can cause knee pain. Awareness and knowledge of knee pain causes lead to faster diagnosis and treatment. Knee pain can be related to knee joint or around the knee. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

• Knee replacement — Knee replacement, or knee arthroplasty, is a common surgical procedure most often performed to relieve the pain and disability from degenerative arthritis, most commonly osteoarthritis, but other arthritides as well. [ cite… …   Wikipedia

• Knee osteoarthritis — is a degenerative disease of the knee joint. It is more common in people older than 40 years. Women have greater chance to be affected.[citation needed] Contents 1 Signs and symptoms 2 Causes 3 …   Wikipedia