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Fabella
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Fa-bel′la
,Noun.
pl.
Fabellae
(-lē)
. [NL., dim. of L.
faba
a bean.] (Anat.)
One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.
Definition 2024
fabella
fabella
English
Noun
fabella (plural fabellae)
- (anatomy) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of fābula.
Noun
fabella
Descendants
References
- fabella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fabella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- FABELLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fabella”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- an anecdote: narratiuncula, fabella (Fin. 5. 15)
- an anecdote: narratiuncula, fabella (Fin. 5. 15)