GENIAN
Ge*ni"an, a. Etym: [Gr. Chin.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as, the genian prominence.
GENICULATE Ge*nic"u*late, a. Etym: [L. geniculatus, fr. geniculum little knee, knot or joint, dim. of genu knee. See Knee.]
Defn: Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.
GENICULATE
Ge*nic"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geniculated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Geniculating.]
Defn: To form joints or knots on. [R.] Cockeram.
GENICULATED
Ge*nic"u*la`ted, a.
Defn: Same as Geniculate.
GENICULATION
Ge*nic`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. geniculatio a kneeling.]
1. The act of kneeling. [R.] Bp. Hall.