- geniculate
- geniculate (adj.) "having knots or joints," 1660s, from L. geniculatus, from geniculum "little knee, knot on the stalk of a plant," dim. of genu "knee" (see KNEE (Cf. knee)).
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Geniculate — Ge*nic u*late, a. [L. geniculatus, fr. geniculum little knee, knot or joint, dim. of genu knee. See {Knee}.] Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Geniculate — Ge*nic u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Geniculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Geniculating}.] To form joints or knots on. [R.] Cockeram. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
geniculate — [jə nik′yoolāt΄idjə nik′yo͞o lit, jə nik′yo͞olāt΄] adj. [L geniculatus < geniculum, dim. of genu, KNEE] 1. having a kneelike joint 2. bent sharply: Also geniculated [jə nik′yoolāt΄id] … English World dictionary
geniculate — 1. Bent like a knee. SYN: geniculated. 2. Referring to the geniculum of the facial nerve, denoting the ganglion there present. 3. Denoting the lateral or medial g. body. [L. geniculo, pp. atus, to bend the knee, fr. genu … Medical dictionary
geniculate — Bent; having upper part of filament forming more or less obtuse angle with lower, e.g., antennule [McLaughlin, 1980]. Knee like, or displaying an acute angle between two segments. As in geniculate segments 2 and 3 of the antennula [Wilson, 1989] … Crustacea glossary
Geniculate ganglionitis — Geniculate neuralgia Classification and external resources ICD 10 G51.1 ICD 9 351.1 Geniculate ganglionitis or … Wikipedia
geniculate body — n either of two prominences of the diencephalon that comprise the metathalamus: a) LATERAL GENICULATE BODY b) MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY … Medical dictionary
Geniculate river snail — Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)[1] … Wikipedia
geniculate ganglion — n a small reddish ganglion consisting of sensory and sympathetic nerve cells located at the sharp backward bend of the facial nerve * * * g. geniculi nervi facialis … Medical dictionary
Geniculate neuralgia — Infobox Disease Name = Geniculate neuralgia Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|G|51|1|g|50 ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Geniculate Neuralgia (GN), also called nervus intermedius neuralgia, is a… … Wikipedia
