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housemaid's knee

Syllabification: (house·maid's knee)
Definition of housemaid's knee

noun

  • inflammation of the fluid-filled cavity covering the kneecap, often due to excessive kneeling; bursitis.

housemaid's knee in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of housemaid's knee in the British & World English dictionary