HOUSEMAID'S KNEE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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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