geniculateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

形容詞

geniculate (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, botany) Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.

   a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal

2. Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle.
3. (anatomy) Relating to a geniculate nucleus.

派生語

語源 2

From Latin geniculātus (more at etymology 1), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: (adjective) /dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊl.ɪt/, (verb) /dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊ.leɪt/
• (General American) IPA: (adjective) /d͡ʒəˈnɪk.jəl.ɪt/, (verb) /d͡ʒəˈnɪk.jəˌleɪt/
• 韻: -ɪkjʊlɪt, -ɪkjʊleɪt

動詞

geniculate (third-person singular simple present geniculates, present participle geniculating, simple past and past participle geniculated)

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To form joints or knots on.
   • 1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory:

     a ferulaceous caul, of two Cubits heighth, geniculated, and hard

派生語

• geniculated
• geniculation

参考

• lateral geniculate nucleus
• medial geniculate nucleus
• genuflect

参照

• “geniculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “geniculate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “geniculate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

形容詞

geniculāte

1. vocative masculine singular of geniculātus