¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patellas
1. patella [n] - See also: patella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patellas
Literary usage of Patellas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Uganda and the Egyptian Soudan by Charles Thomas Wilson, Robert William Felkin (1882)
"Bursas patellas rather enlarged. ... Body well nourished. Hair of head black;
cut short. No other hair. Teeth good. Bursas patellas rather enlarged. ..."
2. Conservative Surgery: As Exhibited in Remedying Some of the Mechanical by Henry Gassett Davis (1867)
"The bones were reduced to proper position, and the patellas were immediately
developed. We have reduced the femurs, and anticipate development of the head ..."
3. A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679 by Thomas Bowrey (1905)
"Yet some years both the English and Dutch doe Suffer very Considerable losses by
them'. Many patellas come downe yearly laden with Wheat and Other graine, ..."
4. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"... "patellas completas," and in the other species " patellas minimas apicales."
This he regards as the most important character for separating the two ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1871)
"When the legs are flexed the patellas slip outwards upon the external condyles
of the femurs, and on extending the legs the patella} resume their positions ..."
6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1892)
"His left ligamentum patellas is still three and one-fourth inches long ...
Length of left ligamentum patellas two and three-quarter inches; right, ..."
Other Resources:
