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Definition of housemaid’s knee noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

housemaid’s knee

noun

/ˌhaʊsmeɪdz ˈniː/

/ˌhaʊsmeɪdz ˈniː/

[uncountable]

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a condition in which the area around the kneecap becomes swollen (= larger than normal) and painful

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