patellar
IPA: pʌtˈɛɫɝ
adjective
- near or relating to the patella or kneecap
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Examples of "patellar" in Sentences
- Payten Jason was looking good last season before tearing a patellar tendon in October.
- Medically known as patellar tendinopathy, jumper's knee is an overuse injury of the tendon that runs from the kneecap to the shinbone.
- According to Ronaldo's doctor, Joaquim Grava, Ronaldo's injury, known as a patellar tendon rupture, is rare but curable with surgery and 10 months of rest.
- He ruptured his left patellar tendon in the Warriors 'ninth game of the season after he'd averaged 15.6 points on 55.2 percent shooting in his first eight outings.
- Williams tore the patellar tendon in his right knee in September 2007 and tore the patellar tendon in his left knee in the 2008 season finale, six games into his return.
- Sintim says "these guys" because he's spent the season on injured reserve after tearing both an anterior cruciate ligament and patellar tendon in the Giants final pre-season game.
- I would expect the government to fight a lawsuit trying to prevent something like this, just as I would expect a leg to bounce up when its patellar reflex is hit with a tendon hammer.
- Clay – while perfectly competent in cases not triggering his ideological patellar reflex – was almost as well-known for lawless judging in death penalty cases as for the misery his law clerks appeared to suffer with great regularity.
- In front, the condyles are but slightly prominent, and are separated from one another by a smooth shallow articular depression called the patellar surface; behind, they project considerably, and the interval between them forms a deep notch, the intercondyloid fossa.
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