亚洲网紅露点

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housemaid's knee

noun

Pathology.
  1. inflammation of the bursa over the front of the kneecap.


housemaid's knee

noun

  1. inflammation and swelling of the bursa in front of the kneecap, caused esp by constant kneeling on a hard surface Technical nameprepatellar bursitis
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of housemaid's knee1

First recorded in 1825鈥35
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He spent two years taking photographs of each individual can, and had to see a doctor after developing tennis elbow and housemaid's knee as a result.

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Constantly repeated actions are not unique to computing, and many people have suffered from housemaid's knee, tennis elbow, writer's cramp and other physical complaints.

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That morning鈥檚 biology lesson had been about how contraception can cause diseases such as St. Vitus Dance and Housemaid鈥檚 Knee.

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