gonycampsis

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/ˌɡɒnɪˈkæmpsɪs/

noun

Abnormal bending or curvature of the knee.

OriginAncient Greek γόνυ →
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Meanings

noungonycampsis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAbnormal bending or curvature of the knee.

    In the gonycampsis phase and the ankle dorsiflexion phase (pulling-up), the EMG ARV of the gastrocnemius was rather de-creased and the knee joint began to extend (pushing-down).

    2014, Hisao Oka,Yuto Konishi &Tomoki Kitawaki, “Simultaneous Measurement of Displacement-MMG/EMG during Exercise”, in SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, volume 7, number 9, page 334

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκάμψις
  2. Ancient Greekγόνυ“knee”
  3. Englishgonycampsis

From gony- (“knee”) + -campsis (“bend, curve”), from Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) and Ancient Greek κάμψις (kámpsis).

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