How to Use patella in a Sentence

patella

noun
Definition of patellanext
  • Team physicians were able to get his patella back in place on the field.
    — Dave Skretta, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Dale sustained a patella tendon strain late in the first half and didn’t return.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019
  • But a patella stress fracture caused him to miss training camp.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, charlotteobserver, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Swanson, however, tore her left patella tendon in the game and is out for the World Cup.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 July 2023
  • Defensive lineman DJ Dale left the game in the first half with a patella tendon strain.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 11 Nov. 2021
  • That knee slam triggered a rupture in the patella tendon.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Miller was on the DL twice last season with patella tendinitis.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018
  • Swanson tore her patella tendon in a game against Ireland in April.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 17 June 2023
  • Speaking of toughness: Lavine played through a tear in one of his patella tendons last season.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
  • The team also had good news, too: the removal of the wire should alleviate the soreness, and the patella has healed completely.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2018
  • In the traditional method, surgeons use a portion of the knee patella tendon to replace the ACL.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Mahomes dislocated the patella in the knee while sneaking for a first down in last week’s win in Denver.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
  • This exercise strengthens the quadriceps, the large muscle at the front of the thigh, and stabilizes the knee joint by keeping the patella, or kneecap, in place through the movement.
    — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Such an injury often is repaired by reattaching the tendon to the patella with sutures though drill holes in the bone.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Traffic accidents are the cause of 78.3% of patella fractures.
    — Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Carter-Williams had Platelet-Rich Plasma injections in both knees over the summer to treat patella soreness.
    — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Nets point guard Jeremy Lin ruptured the patella tendon in his right knee and is expected to miss the remainder of the season. . .
    — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • His legs weakened after surgery to repair the patella tendon in both knees immobilized him for three months at the end of the 2016 season.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Ohtani will need 8 to 12 weeks to recover from surgery on a bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse together at birth.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Kuminga strained the patella tendon in his right knee Oct. 6 and will be reevaluated Oct. 22, according to the team.
    — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Francois tore his left patella tendon in the first game of the 2017 season against Alabama, missing the remainder of the season.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Recovery from a torn patella tendon can take six to 12 months, but Conklin is apparently on the short end of that.
    — cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
  • He was ruled out with right patella tendon soreness, leaving Milwaukee with just seven players the rest of the game.
    — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2021
  • Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin will miss the rest of the season after sustaining a ruptured patella tendon of the right knee, the team announced.
    — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Zeller, who has been out with a small fracture of his right patella, is progressing and will be re-evaluated next week, the team announced.
    — oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Physicians used what is called a reduction maneuver to guide the patella back into place, and Mahomes was helped to his feet and shooed away to a waiting cart.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Carter-Williams, who has previously missed games with left knee pain, had Platelet-Rich Plasma treatments on the patella tendons in both knees.
    — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Physicians used what is called a reduction maneuver to guide the patella back into place, and Mahomes was helped to his feet and shooed away a waiting cart.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Nicolas missed last season because of a ruptured patella tendon, suffered in the final game of the 2016 season.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 4 May 2018
  • The most serious injury appears to have been suffered by returner Jakeem Grant, who may have broken his patella on the opening kickoff, a league source told cleveland.com.
    — cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023

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