geniculate
About 0.62 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal
- adjective Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle.
- adjective Relating to a geniculate nucleus.
- verb To form joints or knots on.
Similar words
kneed kneejointed bidentate elbowed geniculated bisinuate cuneate capitate bent obtuse
Often followed by
body nucleus ganglion bodies nuclei cells neurons and complex
Word family
geniculated
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