Genua

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Genu \Ge"nu\, n.; pl. {Genua}. [L., the knee.] (Anat.)
     (a) The knee.
     (b) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum
         of the brain.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  genu
       n : hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula
           with the femur and protected in front by the patella
           [syn: {knee}, {knee joint}, {articulatio genus}]
       [also: {genua} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  genua
       See {genu}