English Explanatory Dictionary

Baker's cyst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A benign swelling of the semimembranosus or more rarely some other synovial bursa found behind the knee joint.

Word forms

Baker's cyst Baker's cysts

Etymology

Named after the surgeon who first described it, William Morrant Baker (1838–1896).

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