Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In anatomy: The knee; the middle arthron of the hind limb, corresponding to ancon, the elbow, of the fore limb.
- n. Some kneed or geniculate part, as the knee-like anterior curvature of the corpus callosum of the brain, ending in the rostrum or beak of that organ: as, the genu of the optic tract.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The knee.
- n. The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.
WordNet 3.0
- n. hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
Etymologies
- Latin genu ("knee") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The pouch of synovial membrane between the Quadriceps and front of the femur is supported, during the movements of the knee, by a small muscle, the Articularis genu, which is inserted into it.”
“In horizontal section (Figs. 742) it is seen to be somewhat abruptly curved, with its convexity inward; the prominence of the curve is called the genu, and projects between the caudate nucleus and the thalamus.”
“The portion in front of the genu is termed the frontal part, and separates the lentiform from the caudate nucleus; the portion behind the genu is the occipital part, and separates the lentiform nucleus from the thalamus.”
“Its anterior curved end, termed the genu, gradually tapers into a thinner portion, the rostrum, which is continued downward and backward in front of the anterior commissure to join the lamina terminalis.”
“The awesome misunderstanding of Barthes, enabling Ed for the purposes of his review both to quote a genu-ine intelleckchal and to distill the incredible complexity of his thought into a simplistic meme concerning his "feelings about genre" is really sufficient to make me want to kick Ed around the block.”
“Got to be of a certain class to have a car in the city anyway, unless of course you are visiting in which case a 5 minute grace period should be $9.99 and come with an A-1 genu-wine Rolex-type sports watch so you know when to pay up and get out.”
“In nomine Iesu omne genu flectatur, cælestium, terrestrium, et infernorum.”
“I do know that a lot of people think they have genu-ine autographed first editions of A Miracle A Day Keeps The Devil Away, though.”
Dear Clusterflock: Do you do bad things at work? | clusterflock
“June 19, 2008 at 12:05 pm well we has us a genu wine brayd tonite…”
Iz not too youngs - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Cuius forti ponténtiae genu curvántur ómnia caeléstia, terréstia nutu faténtur súbdita.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘genu’.
-
Knee-ded Words
In honor (?) of John
aknee, anomalogonatous, anticnemion, bainberg, bandy-jig, besagne, bight, bott, knee, breast-knee, cartilage, cnemapophysis and 155 more...
-
SCIE - neurology
abducens.....draw..., ablation.....carr..., acetylcholine......., adrenalin.....nea..., afferent.....to c..., agnosia.....no kn..., alar.....wing-like, alexia.....no words, alveus.....canal, amacrine.....no l..., ambidextrous........, ambiguus.....doub... and 701 more...
-
Learned (or Encountered) in Reading
I have a list for words learned from Newsweek; here's where I keep all the stuff from other shit I read.
Except when I'm looking stuff up and find new words that way. Those go on their...cellie, laminectomy, mridangam, terroir, hypospadias, crus, corpora cavernosa, crura, uretheral meatus, bartholin's gland, coloquintida, colopexy and 921 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for genu.
chained_bear Usage on siku. Sep 17, 2008