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patella

[puh-tel-uh] / pəˈtɛl ə /
NOUN
knee
Synonyms


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Edwin Díaz suffered a full thickness tear of his right patella tendon during a celebration at the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday night.

From Washington Post

Then he suffered a microfracture in his left kneecap and a partial patella tendon tear in his left knee.

From Washington Post

Eppler announced that his closer, Edwin Díaz, suffered a full tear of his right patella tendon when his knee buckled during Puerto Rico’s celebration on the field in Miami on Wednesday night.

From Washington Post

Freshman Ice Brady suffered a dislocated patella in her right knee in October and is out for the season.

From Seattle Times

And Wednesday, he said it was never really a question in his mind that he would play, despite having been carted off the field in Los Angeles with a patella tendon injury.

From Seattle Times