Etymology

genu valgum

Today it means: The condition in which the knees are abnormally close together and the ankles far apart. Full definition →

Latin genū valgum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromgenū valgum“knockkneed”
  2. English todaygenu valgum

Borrowed from Latin genū valgum (“knockkneed”).

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