kneepan

[ nee-pan ]

noun

1. the kneecap or patella.

kneepan

/ ˈniːˌpæn /

noun

1. anatomy another word for patella

Word History and Origins

Origin of kneepan¹

1400–50; late Middle English. See knee, pan ¹

Example Sentences

From the middle of the kneepan to the beginning of the flank, twenty-seven parts, three minutes.

From Project Gutenberg

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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