- kneepan
- noun Date: 15th century patella
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
kneepan
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Kneepan — Knee pan , n. (Anat.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kneepan — /nee pan /, n. the kneecap or patella. [1400 50; late ME. See KNEE, PAN1] * * * … Universalium
kneepan — noun The kneecap; the patella … Wiktionary
kneepan — knee·pan nē .pan n PATELLA … Medical dictionary
kneepan — n. kneecap … English contemporary dictionary
kneepan — n. Patella … New dictionary of synonyms
kneepan — knee•pan [[t]ˈniˌpæn[/t]] n. anat. the kneecap; patella • Etymology: 1400–50 … From formal English to slang
kneepan — /ˈnipæn/ (say neepan) noun the kneecap or patella …
kneepan — See kneecap … English-Hawaiian dictionary
kneepan — noun a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint • Syn: ↑patella, ↑kneecap • Derivationally related forms: ↑patellar (for: ↑patella) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
