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A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
kneecap
patella
knee pan
rotulla
Portuguese
rótula
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kneecap
"
kneecap
patella
knee pan
rotulla
Examples for "
kneecap
"
1
His elevation above the valley was about the
kneecap
of the Generoso.
2
Mobilisations to the ankle and around the
kneecap
may also be used.
3
With a bullet in his
kneecap
he would have lost his chance.
4
He had experienced the strange, almost overpowering desire to touch the
kneecap
.
5
She unclenched one hand from the sheet, rubbed her
kneecap
with it.
1
Preoperative displacement results in a higher risk at a postoperatively displaced
patella
.
2
The wound was perfectly round and the
patella
and femur were intact.
3
Single specimens have been known to attain the size of the
patella
.
4
I'd left my
patella
on top of the stands at Villa Park.
5
There are some common risk factors that can affect how the
patella
tracks.
1
You see, besides breaking my leg I cracked my
knee
pan
an' that's made it wuss.
2
Then bandage the splint on at the ankle, at the upper part of the leg, and above and below the
knee
pan
.
1
The great muscles of the thigh acting over the
kneepan
tend to bend the body forward, but the muscles of the calf neutralize this action.
2
In like manner, he treated the bunches of hair that grow over the animal's
kneepans
and elbows.
3
An old doctor came to me once (this is literal fact) with some contrivance or other for people with broken
kneepans
.
Portuguese
rótula
patela
Catalan
ròtula
Spanish
rótula