patella
IPA/pəˈtelə/
KK[pətˈɛlə]IPA/pəˈtelə/
patella — noun
- patellasingular
- patellaeplural
1. the small flat bone that sits in front of your knee joint, covering and guarding
1.名詞C1
釋義
the small flat bone that sits in front of your knee joint, covering and guarding it. In everyday English, this bone is called the kneecap.
例句
Yuki felt a sharp pain just below her patella after the fall.
Dr. Okafor showed the patient the cracked patella on the X-ray.
medical context: describing a patella on an X-ray
Kwame dislocated his patella during a football match and needed surgery.
Rafael took a hard knock to his patella when he tripped over the toolbox in the garage.
Saanvi iced her swollen patella after banging it against the coffee table.
同義詞
- kneecap
the everyday, non-medical word for the same bone; used in ordinary conversation
常見錯誤
❌I injured my patella ligament.
✅I injured my patellar tendon.
💡the adjective form is 'patellar' (with an r at the end), not 'patella'.