Knock has the following meanings in the field of medicine:

1. An everyday, commonly used term to describe a blow, particularly a blow to the head.

2. Something that sounds like a blow.

Knock comes from the Old English word "cnocian," which most likely is a word based on the sound of a blow to a body part.

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