housemaid's knee
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
So called because it used to be prevalent among housemaids, who spent time kneeling on floors to clean them.
Noun[edit]
housemaid's knee (countable and uncountable, plural housemaid's knees)
- (pathology) swelling of the bursa before the kneecap.
- Synonym: prepatellar bursitis
Translations[edit]
swelling of the bursa before the kneecap
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Further reading[edit]
- housemaid's knee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia