Synonyms for patella
pəˈtɛl ə; -ˈtɛl ipatel·la

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1. patellanoun

   Synonyms:
   kneecap, rotula, kneepan

2. patellanoun

   The sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.

   Synonyms:
   rotula, kneepan, kneecap

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1. patella, kneecap, kneepannoun

   a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint

   Synonyms:
   genus Patella, kneecap, kneepan

2. Patella, genus Patellanoun

   type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets

   Synonyms:
   genus Patella, kneecap, kneepan

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1. • Mollusk Genus

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1. patellanoun

   Synonyms:
   [L.] knee-pan

2. patellanoun

   Synonyms:
   (Conch.) limpet

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1. List of paraphrases for "patella":

   kneecap

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patella

   Synonyms:
   Kneecap

2. patella

   Synonyms:
   See Kneecap
   Myle (in part)

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1. David Geier:

   Often, if they had taken steps when they started having soreness along the patella tendon or Achilles tendon, such as taking a few days off or seeing a doctor or physical therapist, they could have limited the issue before became a much larger and more challenging problem.

2. Sidney Rice:

   I had both shoulders repaired, torn labrums in both, microfracture on my right hip, torn ACL in my left knee, torn patella tendon in my right knee, so on and so forth.

3. American Christian Taylor:

   I was having a lot of patella issues with left knee, it got to where I was focusing on coming out of competitions healthy instead of trying to strive for a world record.