genual

English

Etymology

PIE word
*ǵónu

From New Latin genuālis, from Latin genū (“knee”).

Adjective

genual (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee.
   • 1996, E.E. Linquist, Eriophyoid Mites: Their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control, page 23:

     The phyllocoptine species Paraciota tetracanthae Mohanasundaram (1984) exemplifies a minimal number of leg setae in lacking all but the genual seta of leg I and the tarsal setae of both legs.

Derived terms

• ectogenual
• endogenual
• infragenual
• perigenual
• pregenual
• subgenual
• supragenual

 

Related terms

• genu
• genuflect

 

Translations

pertaining to the knee

• Belarusian: кале́нны (kaljénny)
• Bulgarian: коле́нен (kolénen)
• Czech: kolenní (cs), kolenový
• Finnish: polvi- (fi)
• French: géniculaire
• German: Knie- (de)
• Polish: kolanowy (pl)
• Russian: коле́нный (ru) (kolénnyj)
• Slovak: kolenný, kolenový
• Ukrainian: колі́нний (kolínnyj)

Anagrams

• langue, lagune, Luange, lengua, Naugle, ulnage