runner's knee

Questions

What does runner's knee mean?

Any of various overuse injuries involving pain around the kneecap.

Where does runner's knee come from?

runner's + knee, from the classic/archetypal source of such injury, running (especially a long history thereof).

How to pronounce runner's knee

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