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housemaid's knee

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housemaid's knee

Swelling of the fluid-filled sac in the knee joint due to excessive kneeling. It is a form of bursitis.
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I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee.
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