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noun
The condition in which the knees are abnormally close together and the ankles far apart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: knock knee, tibia valga
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an inward slant of the thigh
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: knock-knee, tibia valga
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
History
Borrowed from Latin genū valgum (“knockkneed”).
Across languages
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