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HOUSEMAID'S KNEE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does housemaid's knee mean? 

HOUSEMAID'S KNEE (noun)
  The noun HOUSEMAID'S KNEE has 1 sense:

1. swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling)

  Familiarity information: HOUSEMAID'S KNEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOUSEMAID'S KNEE (noun)


Sense 1housemaid's knee [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("housemaid's knee" is a kind of...):

bursitis (inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder)


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