What does kneepan mean?
Definitions for kneepan
ˈniˌpænkneep·an
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Princeton's WordNet
patella, kneecap, kneepannoun
a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
Wiktionary
kneepannoun
The kneecap; the patella.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Kneepannoun
A little round bone about two inches broad, pretty thick, a little convex on both sides, and covered with a smooth cartilage on its foreside. It is soft in children, but very hard in those of riper years: it is called patella or mola. Over it passes the tendon of the muscles which extend the leg, to which it serves as a pully. John Quincy
Etymology: knee and pan.
The kneepan must be shewn, with the knitting thereof, by a fine shadow underneath the joint. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.
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kneepan
The kneepan, also known as the patella, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur (thigh bone) and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. It is the bone that shields the knee joint at the front of the body.
Webster Dictionary
Kneepannoun
a roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kneepan in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kneepan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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