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PRONUNCIATION OF HOUSEMAID'S KNEE

housemaid's knee play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOUSEMAID'S KNEE

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Housemaid's knee is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HOUSEMAID'S KNEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prepatellar bursitis

Prepatellar bursitis is an inflammation of the prepatellar bursa at the front of the knee. It is marked by swelling at the knee, which can be tender to the touch but which does not restrict the knee's range of motion. It is most commonly caused by trauma to the knee, either by a single acute instance or by chronic trauma over time. As such, prepatellar bursitis commonly occurs among individuals whose professions require frequent kneeling. A definitive diagnosis of the condition can usually be made once a clinical history and physical examination have been obtained, though determining whether or not the bursitis is septic is not as straightforward. Treatment of prepatellar bursitis depends on the severity of the symptoms. Mild cases may only require rest and icing of the knee. A number of different treatment options have been used for severe septic cases, including intravenous antibiotics, surgical irrigation of the bursa, and bursectomy.

Definition of housemaid's knee in the English dictionary

The definition of housemaid's knee in the dictionary is inflammation and swelling of the bursa in front of the kneecap, caused esp by constant kneeling on a hard surface Technical name: prepatellar bursitis.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOUSEMAID'S KNEE

housekeeping
housel
houseleek
houseless
houselessness
houseline
houseling
houselled
houselling
housemaid
houseman
housemaster
housemate
housemen
housemistress
housemother
houseparent
houseperson
houser
houseroom

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOUSEMAID'S KNEE

assignee
bend the knee
Chinee
designee
detainee
examinee
internee
knee
knock-knee
kokanee
lienee
management trainee
nee
nominee
overknee
Pawnee
Shawnee
Suwannee
thick-knee
trainee

Synonyms and antonyms of housemaid's knee in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «housemaid's knee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOUSEMAID'S KNEE

Find out the translation of housemaid's knee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of housemaid's knee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «housemaid's knee» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

女仆的膝盖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la rodilla de mucama
570 millions of speakers

English

housemaid´s knee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नौकरानी के घुटने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خادمة في الركبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колено горничной в
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

joelho de empregada doméstica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গৃহপরিচারিকা এর হাঁটু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Le genou de femme de ménage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lutut pembantu rumah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schleimbeutelentzündung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メイドさんの膝
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하녀 의 무릎
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwit housemaid
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu gối giúp việc gia đình của
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீட்டு வேலைக்காரியின் முழங்கால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घरकाम केलेले गुडघा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hizmetçi diz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ginocchio della lavandaia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokojówka za kolano
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коліно покоївки в
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

genunchi cameristă lui
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γόνατο υπηρέτρια του
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meid se knie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

husa knä
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piken kneet
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSEMAID'S KNEE»

The term «housemaid's knee» is used very little and occupies the 171.447 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOUSEMAID'S KNEE»

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Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: ...
Synonyms Prepatellar bursitis (housemaid's knee) Infrapatellar bursitis (vicar's knee) Anserine bursitis Medial (tibial) collateral ligament bursitis Semimembranosus bursitis ICD-9 Codes 726.60 Enthesopathy of knee, unspecified bursitis of ...
Walter R. Frontera, Julie K. Silver, Thomas D. Rizzo, 2008
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Papers by command
Turning to the housemaid's knee, that, of course, is a distinctly trade disease, so to speak. Do you find it amongst other people besides domestic servants ? — There is no doubt that people who do kneeling, especially kneeling on hard stools ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1907
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14 Books in 1 Jerome K Jeromes Three Men
I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee. I felt rather hurt about this at first; it seemed somehow to be a sort of slight. Why hadn't I got housemaid's knee ?
Jerome K. Jerome, 2006
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Report of the Departmental Committee on Compensation for ...
Turning to the housemaid's knee, that, of course, is a distinctly trade disease, so to speak. Do you find it amongst other people besides domestic servants ? — There is no doubt that people who do kneeling, especially kneeling on hard stools ...
Great Britain. Home Dept. Committee on Compensation for Industrial Diseases, 1907
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Office Orthopedics for Primary Care: Treatment
The most common cause is trauma as a result of a fall or the direct pressure and friction of repetitive kneeling (90% “housemaid's knee”). It is one of two bursae in the body that can become infected (5% due to Staphylococcus aureus) or ...
Bruce Carl Anderson, 2006
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Yoga Journal
Like the elbow, the knee can suffer from tendonitis and bursitis, called " housemaid's knee." The most common type of knee injury involves a forceful rotation of the femur internally while the knee is flexed and the tibia fixed. This type of motion ...
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Encyclopedia of Family Health
Prepatellar bursa, a condition that used to be called housemaid's knee — which develops in the largest bursa above the knee, anatomically known as the suprapatellar bursa — is caused by repeated pressure to the knee. Any friction or injury ...
David B. Jacoby, R. M. Youngson, 2004
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Three Men in a Boat
I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee. I felt rather hurt about this at first; it seemed somehow to be a sort of slight. Why hadn't I got housemaid's knee ?
K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. Jerome, 2007
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Essential Orthopaedics and Trauma
In days past, before mechanization, housemaids spent much of their working days kneeling and leaning slightly forwards while scrubbing floors and doing other household tasks. Today, 'housemaid's knee' is an occupational hazard of carpet ...
David J. Dandy, Dennis J. Edwards, 2009
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A System of surgery
HOUSEMAID'S KNEE. An enlargement of the burse over the patella occasionally takes place, constituting an inconvenient and unsightly tumor, interfering with comfort and progression. It is most common in servant girls and persons who ...
Samuel David Gross, 1872

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOUSEMAID'S KNEE»

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How to Avoid Housemaid's Knee
Recently he was at the doctor's office and was diagnosed with “housemaid's knee.” He had spent a fair amount of time kneeling on cement ... «Radio World, Jul 15»
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Don't say German Measles ... you may upset Germans
And the use of the term housemaid's knee to describe a swelling caused by excessive kneeling or bending could stigmatise domestic servants, ... «Burnley Express, May 15»
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We feel bursitis . . . but what does it mean?
Its nickname is "housemaid's knee," for it was frequently seen in women who used to kneel while scrubbing floors. Carpet layers are frequently ... «thepaper24-7.com, Apr 15»
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Dr Bernadette Carr answers your questions
A friend suggested I might have housemaid's knee! ... Housemaid's knee or prepatellar bursitis is an inflammation of the bursa, a small fluid ... «Irish Examiner, Mar 15»
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Celebrating 100 years of Jeeves and Wooster
“He never backed a horse that didn't get housemaid's knee in the middle of the race,” Bertie notes about Gussie's long-dead father, for example ... «Scroll.in, Feb 15»
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It was 100 years ago that Jeeves and Wooster burst in on an …
He never backed a horse that didn't get housemaid's knee in the middle of the race. He had a system of beating the bank at Monte Carlo which ... «Scroll.in, Jan 15»
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Pope Francis. Image: Getty
... who, on leafing through a medical dictionary in the British Museum, discovers he suffers from every ghastly malady except housemaid's knee. «Spectator.co.uk, Dec 14»
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Text neck is new curse
IN the 20th century we had housemaid's knee and miner's cough — or, if you were from a different social stratum, tennis elbow. Now it seems ... «The Australian, Nov 14»
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SAM CURTIS: Loom band craze taking control
You've probably heard of tennis elbow and housemaid's knee but perhaps not the lesser-known condition of loom band finger. Similar to ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jul 14»
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Apple's 'HealthKit': soon we'll all be checking ourselves into accident …
I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»

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