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