patella
noun/pəˈtelə/
/pəˈtelə/
(plural patellae
(anatomy)/pəˈteliː/
/pəˈteliː/
)- the kneecapTopics Bodyc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, diminutive of patina ‘shallow dish’, from Greek patanē ‘a plate’.
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