gonycrotesis

English

Etymology

From gony- (“knee”) +‎ -crotesis (“striking, throbbing”), from Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) and Ancient Greek κροτέω (krotéō, “to strike”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɡɒnɪkrɒˈtiːsɪs/

Noun

gonycrotesis (uncountable)

  1. (pathology, rare) The clicking or cracking sound made by a knee joint during movement.
    • 2021, Jie Xiang, Xiao-Xiao Zeng & Zhi-Zhong Guan, “Skeletal Fluorosis”, in Coal-burning Type of Endemic Fluorosis‎[1]:
      ...with severe skeletal fluorosis may find with gonyectyposis and gonycrotesis.

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