See Also: stifle(medicine)
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stifle(1) (iou)



stifle noun1. ME.
[Origin unkn.]
The joint at the junction of the hind leg and the body (between the femur and the tibia) in a horse or other quadruped, corresponding anatomically to the knee in humans. Also stifle-joint. ME.
Dislocation of this joint. Also stifle-lameness. L16.
Comb.: stifle-bone the bone in front of the stifle-joint, the patella; stifle-joint: see sense 1 above.