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house′maid's knee′, [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologyinflammation of the bursa over the front of the kneecap.
  • 1825–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
housemaid's knee n
  1. inflammation and swelling of the bursa in front of the kneecap, caused esp by constant kneeling on a hard surfaceTechnical name: prepatellar bursitis

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