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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? #189183 02/11/10 06:13 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1 D dpcrozier OP stranger OP dpcrozier stranger D Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1 I refer to the Word-A-Day for February 9th, 2010: prevaricate, and the comment under etymology that (latin) varus meant (english) knock-knee. Medical folks know that (latin) valgus means knock-knee, and (latin) varus means bow-leg. Knock-knee refers to legs bent in, while bow-leg refers to legs curving out. Regards! M.D. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? dpcrozier 02/11/10 06:13 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? dhirajwohra 02/11/10 06:40 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? BranShea 02/11/10 07:13 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? tsuwm 02/11/10 07:18 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? BranShea 02/11/10 07:25 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? Buffalo Shrdlu 02/11/10 07:30 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? BranShea 02/11/10 07:38 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? Buffalo Shrdlu 02/11/10 07:51 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? olly 02/11/10 08:23 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? tsuwm 02/11/10 11:59 PM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? Faldage 02/12/10 12:49 AM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? Faldage 02/12/10 01:17 AM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? tsuwm 02/12/10 05:33 AM Re: prevaricate / knock-knee and bow-leg error? BranShea 02/12/10 09:29 AM Re: FTR zmjezhd 02/12/10 11:07 AM Re: FTR tsuwm 02/12/10 05:24 PM Re: FTR Zed 02/13/10 07:23 AM Re: FTR BranShea 02/13/10 05:45 PM varus and valgus wofahulicodoc 02/14/10 06:32 PM Re: varus and valgus BranShea 02/14/10 08:07 PM Re: varus and valgus Avy 02/15/10 12:56 AM Re: varus and valgus Jackie 02/15/10 02:43 AM Re: varus and valgus olly 02/15/10 03:12 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,389 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 835 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,572 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,920 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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