kneepan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kneepan
Example Sentences
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Fauchelevent had dislocated his kneepan in his fall.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
From the bottom of the belly to the middle of the kneepan, eighteen parts, two minutes.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
The swelling is seen especially below the kneepan, on each side of the front of the joint, and also often above the kneepan.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
The patella, or kneepan, has no corresponding bone in the arm; and the carpus, or ankle, which corresponds to the wrist, contains seven instead of eight bones.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
Of the upper part of the leg: The rectus femoris, the large muscle on the front of the leg which connects at the lower end with the kneepan.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
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