单词 | patella |
释义 | patella —patellar, adj. /peuh tel"euh/, n. , pl. patellas, patellae /-tel"ee/. 1. Anat. the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee; kneecap. See diag. under skeleton. 2. Biol. a panlike or cuplike formation. 3. Zool. any limpet of the family Patellidae. 4. Archaeol. a small pan or shallow vessel. [1665-75; < L, dim. of patina, patena pan, lit., something wide open. See PATEN, -ELLE] |
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