Genu: , pl. generaA genus name begins with a capital letter and is printed in italic type: Escherichia, Helicobacter, Staphylococcus. In this form it is never pluralized. When used as a common noun, a genus name begins with a lowercase letter, is not italicized, and may form a plural: chlamydia, staphylococci. A genus name may be abbreviated with or without a period (E. coli, H. pylori, S aureus) only when the meaning is clear from the context. In natural history classification, the taxonomic level of division between the family, or tribe, and the species; a group of species alike in the broad features of their organization but different in detail, and incapable of fertile mating. [L. birth, descent]
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Genu: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
The following list attempts to classify Genu into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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