geniculate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin geniculātus (“with bended knee”), from geniculum (“little knee”) + -ātus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (adjective) /dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊl.ɪt/, (verb) /dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊ.leɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): (adjective) /d͡ʒəˈnɪk.jəl.ɪt/, (verb) /d͡ʒəˈnɪk.jəˌleɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt, -ɪkjʊleɪt
Adjective
geniculate (not comparable)
- (anatomy, botany) Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
- a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal
- Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle.
- (anatomy) Relating to a geniculate nucleus.
Derived terms
- colliculogeniculate
- corticogeniculate
- extrageniculate
- geniculate ganglion
- geniculately
- geniculate nucleus
- geniculo-
- intergeniculate
- intrageniculate
- reticulogeniculate
- retinogeniculate
- retrogeniculate
- suprageniculate
- thalamogeniculate
Translations
bent abruptly
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Verb
geniculate (third-person singular simple present geniculates, present participle geniculating, simple past and past participle geniculated)
- (obsolete, rare, transitive) To form joints or knots on.
- 1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory:
- a ferulaceous caul, of two Cubits heighth, geniculated, and hard
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Derived terms
- geniculated
- geniculation
See also
- lateral geniculate nucleus
- medial geniculate nucleus
- genuflect
References
- geniculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “geniculate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “geniculate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡe.ni.kuˈlaː.te/, [ɡɛnɪkʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.ni.kuˈla.te/, [d͡ʒenikuˈläːt̪e]
Adjective
geniculāte
- vocative masculine singular of geniculātus