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Patella

//pəˈtɛlə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    The sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.

    "Subluxed patellas, more commonly referred to as slipped stifles, like all inherited factors will continue to cripple a breed as long as breeders continue to mate affected animals."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of putelee (“type of boat”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint wordnet
  4. 4
    A little dish or vase.
  5. 5
    An orbicular sessile apothecium, with a marginal rim distinct from the thallus.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin patella (“a small pan or dish, a plate; the kneepan, patella”), diminutive of patina (“a broad shallow dish, pan”). Doublet of paella.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Patella.

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