trick knee

trick knee
popular term for a knee joint susceptible to locking in position, most often due to longitudinal splitting of the medial meniscus.

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  • trick knee — a condition of the knee in which the joint suddenly stiffens or abandons its support. * * * …   Universalium

  • trick knee — a condition of the knee in which the joint suddenly stiffens or abandons its support …   Useful english dictionary

  • trick — [trik] n. [ME trik < NormFr trique < trikier < OFr trichier, to trick, cheat, prob. < VL * triccare, altered < ? LL tricare, to deceive, for L tricari, to make trouble < tricae, vexations, tricks < IE * treik < base * ter …   English World dictionary

  • trick — trick1 S3 [trık] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(something that deceives somebody)¦ 2¦(joke)¦ 3¦(something that makes things appear different)¦ 4 a dirty/rotten/mean trick 5 do the trick 6¦(magic)¦ 7¦(clever method)¦ 8 use/try every trick in the book …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • trick — trick1 [ trık ] noun count ** ▸ 1 something unfair/unpleasant ▸ 2 entertainment like magic ▸ 3 something not what it seems ▸ 4 effective way to do something ▸ 5 in card game ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) an unfair or unpleasant thing you do in order to harm… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • trick — I UK [trɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms trick : singular trick plural tricks ** 1) a) an unfair or unpleasant thing that you do in order to harm someone or to get an advantage for yourself a dirty/cruel/nasty trick: It was a very dirty trick …   English dictionary

  • trick — 1 noun (C) 1 DECEIVING SB something you do in order to deceive someone: He pretended to be ill, but it was just a trick . | a clever trick to cheat the authorities 2 dirty/rotten/mean trick an unkind or unfair thing to do: He didn t turn up? What …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • trick — I. noun Etymology: Middle English trikke, from Anglo French *trik, from trikier to deceive, cheat, from Vulgar Latin *triccare, alteration of Latin tricari to behave evasively, shuffle, from tricae complications, trifles Date: 15th century 1. a.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • trick — noun 1》 a cunning or skilful act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone.     ↘a mischievous practical joke.     ↘a skilful act performed for entertainment.     ↘an illusion: a trick of the light.     ↘[as modifier] intended to mystify or …   English new terms dictionary

  • knee — n. 1) to bend one s knees 2) to dislocate; wrench one s knee 3) a trick ( defective ) knee 4) (fig.) at smb. s knee (she learned the language at her mother s knee) 5) (usu. fig.) on bended knee(s) * * * [niː] wrench one s knee a trick ( defective …   Combinatory dictionary

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