housemaid's knee


nounPathology.
  1. inflammation of the bursa over the front of the kneecap.

Origin of housemaid's knee

1
First recorded in 1825–35

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British Dictionary definitions for housemaid's knee

housemaid's knee

noun
  1. inflammation and swelling of the bursa in front of the kneecap, caused esp by constant kneeling on a hard surface: Technical name: prepatellar bursitis

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