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runner's knee

runner's knee noun: any of various overuse injuries involving pain around the kneecap.

Noun

runner's knee (uncountable)

  1. Any of various overuse injuries involving pain around the kneecap.

Origin of runner's knee

runner's + knee, from the classic/archetypal source of such injury, running (especially a long history thereof).

Questions about runner's knee

What does runner's knee mean?
Runner's knee means any of various overuse injuries involving pain around the kneecap.
What part of speech is runner's knee?
Runner's knee is a noun.

Words near runner's knee in the dictionary

  1. runner stones
  2. runner up
  3. runner's diarrhea
  4. runner's diarrhoea
  5. runner's high
  6. runner's knee
  7. runner's trots
  8. runner-runner
  9. runner-up
  10. runner-ups
  11. runnerless

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