The bulge creates a feeling of tightness behind the knee as well as stiffness and swelling and pain behind the knee and calf. For many, this pain intensifies when flexing or fully extending the leg. Often, these cysts go away without any treatment.
transition noun [C/U]. âº the âprocess of âchanging, or a âchange from one âform or âcondition to another: [U] It was a âneighborhood in transition from âJewish to Italian with a âsprinkling of Irish.
transitive verb. 1 : to change in form or nature : transform. 2 : to render into another language, style, or manner of expression : translate. 3 : to transfer from one place or period to another : shift. 4 : to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of transpose letters to change the spelling. 5 : to write or perform (a musical composition) in a different key. 6 : to bring (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other with change of sign.