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HOUSEMAID'S KNEE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("housemaid's knee" is a kind of...):
bursitis (inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder)