HyperDic: kneepan

English > 1 sense of the word kneepan:
NOUNbodykneepan, patella, kneecapa small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
English > kneepan: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
Synonymspatella, kneecap
Part ofknee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genuhinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
Broadersesamoid bone, sesamoid, os sesamoideumAny of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint
Spanishrótula
Catalanròtula

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