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kneepan
[nee-pan]
noun
the kneecap or patella.
kneepan
/ ˈԾːˌæ /
noun
anatomy another word for patella
Example Sentences
From the middle of the kneepan to the beginning of the flank, twenty-seven parts, three minutes.
The swelling is seen especially below the kneepan, on each side of the front of the joint, and also often above the kneepan.
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.
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.
In like manner, he treated the bunches of hair that grow over the animal's kneepans and elbows.
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