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KNOCK-KNEED [2 records]

Record 1 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Having knock-knee [i.e., a condition in which the legs curve inward at the knees as a result of disease or unphysiologic stresses on the bones].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Se dit de quelqu'un qui a les jambes rapprochées à la hauteur des genoux et écartées près des pieds; se dit de ses jambes, de ses genoux eux-mêmes.

Spanish

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