Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun patella

2 senses of patella

Sense 1
patella, kneecap, kneepan -- (a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint)
       => sesamoid bone, sesamoid, os sesamoideum -- (any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint)

Sense 2
Patella, genus Patella -- (type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets)
       => mollusk genus -- (a genus of mollusks)