See Also: high-rise(dictionary)
High Rise(money)
high-rise building(encyclopedia)
High Prairie Health Complex(health)
High Point Regional Health System(health)
Rise(tourism)
pay rise(dictionary)
Rise(finance)
low-rise(dictionary)
Rise(medicine)

Artificial knee (health) and high-rise (oh)


Artificial knee (health)


A replacement for the human knee. An artificial knee typically has a metal shell on the end of the thigh bone (the femur), a metal and plastic trough on the shin bone (the tibia), and sometimes a plastic button in the kneecap (the patella).





high-rise (oh)



adj [only before noun]

high-rise buildings are tall buildings with many levels
-- high rise n [C]
ĦĦThey live in a high rise on the East Side.
-see also low-rise