Usually means: Small, flat, circular knee bone.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word patella:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. patella: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. patella: Merriam-Webster
  3. patella: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. patella: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. patella: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Patella, patella: Vocabulary.com
  7. Patella, patella: Wordnik
  8. patella: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Patella, Patella, patella: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. patella: Wiktionary
  11. patella: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. patella: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. patella: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. patella: Dictionary.com
  15. patella: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. Patella (disambiguation), Patella (gastropod), Patella: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Patella: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. patella: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. Patella: Rhymezone
  20. Patella: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. patella: FreeDictionary.org
  22. patella: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. patella: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patella: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. patella: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Patella: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Patella (kneecap): Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Patella: Anatomy of the Human Body
  8. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  9. Patella: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  10. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  11. patella: Medical dictionary
  12. Patella: Drug Medical Dictionary
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patella: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patella: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See patellae as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (anatomy) The sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.
noun:  A little dish or vase.
noun:  A surname from Italian.
noun:  Alternative form of putelee (“type of boat”) [(India) A large boat for transporting produce.]

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