
knuck·le
n 1 a : the rounded prominence formed by the ends of the two adjacent bones at a joint - used esp. of those at the joints of the fingers b : the joint of a knuckle 2 : a sharply flexed loop of intestines incarcerated in a hernia .
     
Similar sounding terms: nick·el nuclei
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