Associations to the word «Patella»

Wiktionary

PATELLA, noun. (skeleton) The sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.
PATELLA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Patellidae   — many limpets.
PATELLA FEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME, noun. (sports) (pathology) A sports injury causing chronic pain in the kneecap.
PATELLA VULGATA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Patellidae   — the common limpet, the teeth in its radula being of the strongest biomaterial known.

Dictionary definition

PATELLA, noun. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
PATELLA, noun. Type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats