patella
Kelime Anlamı :

1. dizkapağı.
2. (patellae). Dizkapağı (kemiği); os patella.
3. patella.
4. diz kapağı.
5. (isim) dizkapağı.
6. diz kapağına ait.
7. Patella'ya ait patellaris.
8. patellar.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1. A flat triangular bone located at the front of the knee joint. also called kneecap.
2. A dish-shaped anatomical formation.
3. A pan or dish in ancient rome.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. the sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A small dish, pan, or vase.
2. the kneecap; the kneepan; the cap of the knee.
3. A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. the shell has the form of a flattened cone. the common european limpet (patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
4. A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A small pan, vase, or dish.
2. in anatomy, a small movable bone situated in front of the knee-joint, which it helps to form. also called knee-pan, kneecap, rotula, or great sesamoid. see cuts under knee-joint, Catarrhina, and Elephantinæ.
3. in zoology: A cotyle; a cup-like formation.
4. A limpet of the genus patella.
5. in entomology, the first joint of the coxa.
6. [capitalized] [nl.] in conchology, a Linnean genus of gastropods, type of the family Patellidæ, to which very different limits have been assigned.
7. in botany, an orbicular apothecium with a marginal rim.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
2. type genus of the family Patellidae: common european limpets
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.