Crossword-Solution: PATELLA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Patella | n. | A small dish, pan, or vase. |
| Patella | n. | The kneepan; the cap of the knee. |
| Patella | n. | 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. |
| Patella | n. | A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PATELLA (5)
Markoe observed a patient of seventy-two, who ruptured both the quadriceps tendons of each patella by slipping on a piece of ice, one tendon first giving way, and followed almost immediately by the other.
There was the usual depression immediately above the upper margin of the patella, and the other distinctive signs of the accident.
The next burn began at the patella of the right knee, extending to the bottom of the heel, upon reaching which it wound around the inner side of the leg.
Lower down the valley, 105 miles from the Atlantic (longitude 71 degrees W.), and at an elevation of about 300 feet, I also found, in the bed of the river, two much worn and broken shells of the Voluta ancilla, still retaining traces of their colours; and one of the Patella deaurita.
Above this height, shells became very rare, though on a hill 1,300 feet high (Measured by the barometer: the highest point in the range behind Valparaiso I found to be 1,626 feet above the level of the sea.), I collected the Concholepas, Trochus, Fissurella, and a Patella.
Quotes with PATELLA (1)
Fracture of the patella may be produced by muscular action or by direct violence. When produced by muscular action, it occurs thus: a person in danger of falling forwards attempts to recover himself by throwing the body backwards, and the violent action of the quadriceps extensor upon the patella snaps the bone transversely across.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 56 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).