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Definition of Rotula
1. n. The patella, or kneepan.
Definition of Rotula
1. Noun. (skeleton) The patella. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rotula
1. the knee-cap [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rotula
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotula
Literary usage of Rotula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"The dose is two or three drachms, which purges. rotula, Patella ... An aspect
towards the vide on which the rotula is situated. — Barclay. ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"I then returned to Edinburgh, and had the rotula-plates engraved there by Mr
Cooper.1 It has gone through several impressions; and always sold very well ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"The dose is two or three drachms, which purges. rotula, Patella ... An aspect
towards the side on which the rotula is situated. — Barclay. ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1830)
"The rotula is very small, and often scarcely visible. The leg is always composed
of two bones, of which the tibia is the most bulky, ..."
5. The Dublin dissector or Manual of anatomy by Robert Harrison (1854)
"The patella or rotula or knee cap is a small bone in front of the knee joint, of
a triangular figure, the base above, the apex below, its anterior surface ..."
6. Life of James Ferguson, F.R.S.: In a Brief Autobiographical Account, and by James Ferguson, Ebenezer Henderson (1870)
"This Tide rotula was lately presented to ns by the owner:—(to whom we tender
thanks:)—it is on a sheet of strong paper 14J by 8^ inches, with moveable ..."
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