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housemaid's knee en · NOUN

Etymology

So called because it used to be prevalent among housemaids, who spent time kneeling on floors to clean them.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) swelling of the bursa before the kneecap.

Forms

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housemaid's knees Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

prepatellar bursitis

Translations (4)

ga glúinteas (swelling of the bursa before the kneecap) · sv skurknä (swelling of the bursa before the kneecap) · hy ծնկոսկրի բորբոքում (swelling of the bursa before the kneecap) · ru воспаление коленной чашечки (swelling of the bursa before the kneecap)