patella
Example Sentences
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Edwin Díaz suffered a full thickness tear of his right patella tendon during a celebration at the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday night.
From Washington Post
Then he suffered a microfracture in his left kneecap and a partial patella tendon tear in his left knee.
From Washington Post
Eppler announced that his closer, Edwin Díaz, suffered a full tear of his right patella tendon when his knee buckled during Puerto Rico’s celebration on the field in Miami on Wednesday night.
From Washington Post
This time, it was a patella injury in the same right knee suffered in the sixth game against the Saints that ended his season.
From Seattle Times
He had an MRI on Friday that revealed a subluxation of the patella, meaning his kneecap had slid out of place.
From Seattle Times
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