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.
Transition is the process in which something changes from one state to another. 1  The transition to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult. ... 2 a period of transition. 3  Most of the discussion was on what needed to be done now as we transitioned from the security issues to the challenging economic issues.