See housemaid's knee on Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"swelling of the bursa before the kneecap."
],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(pathology) swelling of the bursa before the kneecap."
],
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"word": "prepatellar bursitis"
}
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cnkoskri borbokʻum",
"sense": "swelling of the bursa before the kneecap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ծնկոսկրի բորբոքում"
},
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "swelling of the bursa before the kneecap",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "glúinteas"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vospalenije kolennoj čašečki",
"sense": "swelling of the bursa before the kneecap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "воспаление коленной чашечки"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "swelling of the bursa before the kneecap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skurknä"
}
]
}
],
"word": "housemaid's knee"
}
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],
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],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cnkoskri borbokʻum",
"sense": "swelling of the bursa before the kneecap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ծնկոսկրի բորբոքում"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "swelling of the bursa before the kneecap",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "glúinteas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vospalenije kolennoj čašečki",
"sense": "swelling of the bursa before the kneecap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "воспаление коленной чашечки"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "swelling of the bursa before the kneecap",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skurknä"
}
],
"word": "housemaid's knee"
}
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