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gonycrotesis

/ˌɡɒnɪkrɒˈtiːsɪs/

gonycrotesis noun: the clicking or cracking sound made by a knee joint during movement.

Noun

gonycrotesis (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The 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 of gonycrotesis

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

Questions about gonycrotesis

What does gonycrotesis mean?
Gonycrotesis means the clicking or cracking sound made by a knee joint during movement.
What part of speech is gonycrotesis?
Gonycrotesis is a noun.
How do you pronounce gonycrotesis?
Gonycrotesis is pronounced /ˌɡɒnɪkrɒˈtiːsɪs/.

Words near gonycrotesis in the dictionary

  1. gonyaulacaceans
  2. gonyaulax
  3. gonyautoxin
  4. gonyautoxins
  5. gonycampsis
  6. gonycrotesis
  7. gonydeal
  8. gonydial
  9. Gonyea
  10. Gonyeas
  11. gonyectyposis

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