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peripatellar

peripatellar adjective: around the patella.

Adjective

peripatellar (not comparable)

  1. Around the patella.
    • In any case, this may be a kinematic parameter that would explain increased patellofemoral pressure and changes in peripatellar soft tissue tension after TKA throughout flexion, as described in some recent investigations.2015 July 21, Armin Keshmiri et al., “The influence of component alignment on patellar kinematics in total knee arthroplasty”, in Acta Orthopaedica, volume 86, →DOI

Origin of peripatellar

From peri- + patellar.

Questions about peripatellar

What does peripatellar mean?
Peripatellar means around the patella.
What part of speech is peripatellar?
Peripatellar is an adjective.

Words near peripatellar in the dictionary

  1. peripartum
  2. periparturient
  3. periparturition
  4. Peripatecian
  5. Peripatecians
  6. peripatellar
  7. peripatetic
  8. peripatetical
  9. peripatetically
  10. peripateticate
  11. peripateticated

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