Word Meanings - PATELLAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan.

Related words: (words related to PATELLAR)

• PATELLAR
  Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• KNEEPAN
  A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
• PATELLA
  The kneepan; the cap of the knee. (more info) 1. A small dish, pan, or vase.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach