gonycrotesis

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/ˌɡɒnɪkrɒˈtiːsɪs/

noun

The clicking or cracking sound made by a knee joint during movement.

OriginAncient Greek γόνυ →
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Meanings

noungonycrotesis (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablemedicineThe clicking or cracking sound made by a knee joint during movement.

    ...with severe skeletal fluorosis may find with gonyectyposis and gonycrotesis.

    2021, Jie Xiang, Xiao-Xiao Zeng & Zhi-Zhong Guan, “Skeletal Fluorosis”, in Coal-burning Type of Endemic Fluorosis

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκροτέω“to strike”
  2. Ancient Greekγόνυ“knee”
  3. Englishgonycrotesis

From gony- (“knee”) + -crotesis (“striking, throbbing”), from Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) and Ancient Greek κροτέω (krotéō, “to strike”).

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Chicago

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