FABELLA


Meaning of FABELLA in English

fəˈbelə noun

( plural fabel·lae -eˌlē)

Etymology: New Latin, diminutive of Latin faba

: a small fibrocartilage ossified in many animals and sometimes in man in the tendon of the gastrocnemius muscle, behind one or both of the femoral condyles

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