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parapatellar

parapatellar adjective: located next to the patella.

Adjective

parapatellar (not comparable)

  1. Located next to the patella
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Origin of parapatellar

From para- + patellar.

Questions about parapatellar

What does parapatellar mean?
Parapatellar means located next to the patella.
What part of speech is parapatellar?
Parapatellar is an adjective.

Words near parapatellar in the dictionary

  1. parapareses
  2. paraparesis
  3. paraparetic
  4. paraparticle
  5. paraparticles
  6. parapatellar
  7. parapatric
  8. parapatrically
  9. parapatrics
  10. parapatry
  11. parapectic acid

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