Usually means: Hinge joint connecting thigh, shin.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word knee joint:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. knee joint: Collins English Dictionary
  2. knee joint: Vocabulary.com
  3. knee-joint: Wordnik
  4. knee joint: Dictionary.com
  5. Knee-joint, Knee joint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. knee joint: Rhymezone
  7. knee joint: FreeDictionary.org
  8. knee joint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. knee joint: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knee joint: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Knee-joint, knee joint: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. knee joint: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Joint, knee, Knee joint: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Knee-joint: Anatomy of the Human Body
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. Knee-joint: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  8. Knee-joint, knee joint: Medical dictionary
  9. Joint, knee, Knee joint: Drug Medical Dictionary

(Note: See knee_joints as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (knee joint)

noun:  hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella


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