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Meanings of rotulla in English

A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.

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        Examples for "kneecap"
        Examples for "kneecap"
        1
        His elevation above the valley was about the kneecap of the Generoso.
        Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2
        2
        Mobilisations to the ankle and around the kneecap may also be used.
        The Guardian
        3
        With a bullet in his kneecap he would have lost his chance.
        The girl with the dragon tattoo
        4
        He had experienced the strange, almost overpowering desire to touch the kneecap.
        Gods go begging
        5
        She unclenched one hand from the sheet, rubbed her kneecap with it.
        Shutter Island
        1
        Preoperative displacement results in a higher risk at a postoperatively displaced patella.
        Pubmed
        2
        The wound was perfectly round and the patella and femur were intact.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        3
        Single specimens have been known to attain the size of the patella.
        Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
        4
        I'd left my patella on top of the stands at Villa Park.
        The Guardian
        5
        There are some common risk factors that can affect how the patella tracks.
        The Guardian
        1
        You see, besides breaking my leg I cracked my knee pan an' that's made it wuss.
        Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks
        2
        Then bandage the splint on at the ankle, at the upper part of the leg, and above and below the knee pan.
        Camping For Boys
        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.
        Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoh...
        2
        In like manner, he treated the bunches of hair that grow over the animal's kneepans and elbows.
        Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
        3
        An old doctor came to me once (this is literal fact) with some contrivance or other for people with broken kneepans.
        Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works