Definition of Kneepan. Meaning of Kneepan. Synonyms of Kneepan

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Definition of Kneepan

Kneepan
Kneepan Knee"pan`, n. (Anat.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

Meaning of Kneepan from wikipedia

- failure to accomplish which design he attributed to an anxiety to avoid the kneepan, to hit which he regarded as murder! Except for this incident, Randolph...
- dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks. An Essay on the Fracture of the Patella or Kneepan ... with Observations on the Fracture of the Olecranon, London, 1789; new...