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Definition of Geniculate
1. Adjective. Bent at a sharp angle.
Definition of Geniculate
1. a. Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.
2. v. t. To form joints or knots on.
Definition of Geniculate
1. Adjective. Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee. ¹
2. Adjective. Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Geniculate
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Geniculate
1. Bent abruptly like a knee joint. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geniculate
Literary usage of Geniculate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"geniculate bodies, the corpora geniculata of the brain. ... In a geniculate
manner; in the form of a knee or knees : as, ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"The facial nerve, geniculate ganglion and relations with the otic. i. Facial nerve.
2. geniculate. 3. Glossopharyngeal. 4. Jacobson's nerve. 5. ..."
3. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"According to Hunt, the zoster zone of the geniculate ganglion is sharply ...
85) may occupy the whole or only a small portion of the geniculate zone. ..."
4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"... eminence is a smooth elevation in Body of lateral ventricle Sylvian grey matter
Aqueduct of Sylvius Choroid plexus Internal geniculate body Hippocampal ..."
5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"It is probable that these may in part represent the external or lateral geniculate
body of mammals. The fibres give off collaterals, ..."
6. Holden's Manual of the dissection of the human body by Luther Holden (1893)
"THE geniculate GANGLION op THE FACIAL NERVE, AND ITS CONNECTIONS WITH THE ...
The geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve. 3. The great petrosal nerve. 4. ..."
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