See Also: articularis genu(medicine)
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lurch 2, noun (oh) and articularis genu (medicine)


lurch 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
[Sense: 1; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Origin unknown.]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: lurch 'defeat in the card game cribbage' (16-21 centuries), perhaps from early French lourche a game similar to backgammon]
a sudden movement
::The train gave a violent lurch.
leave sb in the lurch
to leave someone at a time when you should stay and help them

articularis genu (medicine)


articularis genu
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, lower fourth of anterior surface of shaft of femur; insertion, suprapatellar bursa of knee joint; action, retracts suprapatellar bursa, during extension of knee; nerve supply, femoral.

Synonym: musculus articularis genus, articular muscle of knee, Dupre's muscle, subcrural muscle, subcruralis, subcrureus, subquadricipital muscle.