| 单词 | water on the knee |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater on the knee (c) water on the knee: effusion of fluid in the knee joint. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [noun] > bursitis > of knee housemaid's knee1824 water on the knee1882 prepatellar bursitis1898 1882 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 7 Dec. 534/1 The familiar title ‘dropsy’, or ‘water on the knee’, adequately describes a state, the presence of which is a symptom, and a symptom only. 1890 A. James Diary 7 Nov. (1965) 151 They [sc. the English] call water on the knee, fluid on the joint. 1976 Liverpool Echo 6 Dec. 1/8 A lone Canadian sailor spent 17 days at sea clinging to his capsized trimaran before he was rescued suffering only from water on the knee. 2012 R. R. Hugate & R. D. Holland Handbk. Hip & Knee Joint Replacem. i. 16 People with arthritis may also develop ‘fluid on the knee’ (sometimes also known as ‘water on the knee’) especially after they are active. < as lemmas |
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