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Definition of Kneepan
1. Noun. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
Generic synonyms: Os Sesamoideum, Sesamoid, Sesamoid Bone
Group relationships: Articulatio Genus, Genu, Human Knee, Knee, Knee Joint
Derivative terms: Patellar
Definition of Kneepan
1. n. A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
Definition of Kneepan
1. Noun. The kneecap; the patella. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kneepan
1. the kneecap [n -S]
Medical Definition of Kneepan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kneepan
Literary usage of Kneepan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Linguistic Studies in Germanic by Chicago University Staff (1915)
"kneepan Turning-Bone 82:01. ... kneepan: kna knee ... kneepan, a spool over which
the string runs in a loom: Norw. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Circuit Court of the United by John McLean (1843)
"The physicians who saw, and attended him at Somerset, testified that one of his
knees was dislocated, upward and downward; the ligaments of the kneepan torn ..."
3. How to Keep Well: A Text-book of Physiology and Hygiene for the Lower Grades by Albert Franklin Blaisdell (1904)
"A flat, three-sided bone, the kneepan, fits over the knee joint in front. ...
Little harm is done, for the kneepan protects the ends of the bones underneath ..."
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