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geniculate

/juh-nik-yuh-lit, -leyt/US // dʒəˈnɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt //UK // (dʒɪˈnɪkjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt) //

膝曲,膝关节,膝关节炎,膝关节疼痛

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Biology.

    • : having kneelike joints or bends.
    • : bent at a joint like a knee.

Examples

  • Elaters simple or branched, often geniculate, more or less heteromorphous, the fibres wanting or indistinct.

  • Sub-geniculate: applied to antennae that are articulated from a short, thick scope.

  • The portion of pallium connected with the lateral geniculate body lies above and behind the olfactory or archipallium.

  • Scape: the long basal joint of a geniculate antenna in Coleoptera; usually applied to the three basal joints, as in Hymenoptera.

  • The set differs from those of nuda in their longer fine tips and more geniculate appearance at base of this region.