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kneepan

[ nee-pan ]

noun

  1. the kneecap or patella.


kneepan

/ ˈ²Ô¾±ËËŒ±èæ²Ô /

noun

  1. anatomy another word for patella
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kneepan1

1400–50; late Middle English. See knee, pan 1
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From the middle of the kneepan to the beginning of the flank, twenty-seven parts, three minutes.

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The swelling is seen especially below the kneepan, on each side of the front of the joint, and also often above the kneepan.

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Nobody knew as he did how each morsel of leather would behave itself under the needle, or could come within two hairbreadths of him in accuracy across the kneepan.

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Of the upper part of the leg: The rectus femoris, the large muscle on the front of the leg which connects at the lower end with the kneepan.

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In like manner, he treated the bunches of hair that grow over the animal's kneepans and elbows.

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