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pa·tel·la
(pə-tĕl′ə)n. pl. pa·tel·lae (-tĕl′ē)
1.
a. A flat triangular bone located at the front of the knee joint. Also called kneecap.
b. A dish-shaped anatomical formation.
2. A pan or dish in ancient Rome.
[Latin, diminutive of patina, plate, pan; see paten.]
pa·tel′lar, pa·tel′late (-tĕl′ĭt, -āt′) adj.
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patella
(pəˈtɛlə)n, pl -lae (-liː)
1. (Anatomy) anatomy a small flat triangular bone in front of and protecting the knee joint. Nontechnical name: kneecap
2. (Biology) biology a cuplike structure, such as the spore-producing body of certain ascomycetous fungi
3. (Archaeology) archaeol a small pan
[C17: from Latin, from patina shallow pan]
paˈtellar adj
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pa•tel•la
(pəˈtɛl ə)n., pl. -tel•las, -tel•lae (-ˈtɛl i)
1. the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee; kneecap.
2. any other disklike anatomical structure.
pa•tel′lar, adj.
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pa·tel·la
(pə-tĕl′ə) The small, flat, movable bone at the front of the knee in most mammals. Also called kneecap. See more at skeleton.
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patella
The kneecap.
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| Noun | 1. |  patella - a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee jointos sesamoideum, sesamoid, sesamoid bone - any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee, knee joint - hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella |
| 2. |  Patella - type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpetsmollusk genus - a genus of mollusks family Patellidae, Patellidae - marine limpets common limpet, Patella vulgata - marine limpet |
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patella
n (Anat) → Patella f (spec), → Kniescheibe f
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patella
n (pl -lae) rótulaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.