housemaid's knee

housemaid's knee

English

Etymology

So called because it used to be prevalent among housemaids, who spent time kneeling on floors to clean them.

Noun

housemaid's knee (countable and uncountable, plural housemaid's knees)

1. (pathology) swelling of the bursa before the kneecap.

   Synonym: prepatellar bursitis

Translations

swelling of the bursa before the kneecap

Armenian: ծնկոսկրի բորբոքում n (cnkoskri borbokʿum) Irish: glúinteas m

Russian: воспаление коленной чашечки n (vospalenije kolennoj čašečki) Swedish: skurknä n

Further reading

• housemaid's knee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia