| knuckle |
press or rub with the knuckles a joint of a finger when the fist is closed shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
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| knuckle pads |
nodules about the size of a split pea on the dorsal surface of the interphalangeal joints, consisting of new growths of fibrous tissue, with thickening of the dermis and epidermis, and frequently associated with camptodactyly and Dupuytren's contracture; they are probably of genetic origin.
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| knuckle |
the ankle joint of pork, veal, and other meat. It is used in stews and pies and particularly in soups.
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| knuckle |
The part of the leg of mutton, lamb, veal or pork below the knee joint. The meat is gelatinous and muscled. Veal knuckle is used in making pies, stews and stock, all of which need long slow cooking. Bacon knuckle can be boiled alone, or is often cooked with beans as a basis for soup, or in p?? where the meat is required to be minced.
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| knuckle bender s. |
a dynamic splint used to release extension contractures of the metacarpophalangeal joints; the splint maintains the knuckles in a flexion angle just smaller than where pain begins; over time, the joint tissues yield and stretch and the splint is readjusted.
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