knee-cap

  • 31Osgood-Schlatter disease — A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the knee and lower leg. Treatment is by rest, casting if necessary, and sometimes surgery. Osgood Schlatter disease is caused by repetitive stress or tension on a part… …

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  • 32Disease, Osgood-Schlatter — A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the knee and lower leg. Treatment is by rest, casting if necessary, and sometimes surgery. Osgood Schlatter disease is caused by repetitive stress or tension on a part… …

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  • 33kneecap — knee cap , n. 1. (Anat.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneepan. [1913 Webster] 2. A cap or protection for the knee …

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  • 34Brian Joy — Football player infobox playername= Brian Joy fullname = Brian William Joy dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1951|2|26|mf=y cityofbirth = Salford, Lancashire countryofbirth = England position = Right Back years = 1968 1969 1969 1970 1970 1972 1972 …

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  • 35Kneecap — The medical name for the kneecap is the patella. Whichever name kneecap or patella you prefer, it is the small bone that is in the front of the knee. The patella is a sesamoid bone, a little bone that is embedded in a joint capsule or tendon, in… …

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  • 36patellar reflex — n KNEE JERK * * * the knee jerk, in which stretching the muscle at the front of the thigh by tapping its tendon below the knee cap causes a reflex contraction of the muscle, so that the leg kicks. This is a test of the connection between the… …

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  • 37kneecap — knee cap v. t. to break the knees of, especially by shooting in the kneecap; often done by criminal or terrorist groups as a warning or punishment. Note: Syn: knee cap. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 38Strike (attack) — A strike is an attack with an inanimate object, such as a weapon, or with a part of the human body intended to cause an effect upon an opponent or to simply cause harm to an opponent. There a many different varieties of strikes. An attack with… …

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  • 39Vali Myers — (August 2, 1930) ndash; (February 12, 2003) was an Australian artist who specialized in fine pen and ink drawings, born in Canterbury, Sydney.Vali was a flamboyant artist who divided her life between her adopted home of Melbourne, the Hotel… …

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  • 40Ghila Pitha — is a pitha so called because of its knee cap sized shape. Knee cap is called Ghila in Assamese language. Rice flour of Bora saul, one kind of glutinous rice or any common rice is used in it. A paste made of rice flour and jaggery is prepared… …

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