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housemaid's knee

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A swelling of the bursa in front of the patella just beneath the skin, caused by trauma, such as that brought about by excessive kneeling.

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  • noun Swelling of the bursa before the kneecap.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling)

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