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patella

noun as in knee

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There was nothing unusual in their collision, but a coincidence of torsion and tension ruptured Roigard’s patella tendon.

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Three months before that World Cup, one the U.S. exited in the round of 16 for the first time, Swanson tore the patella tendon in her left knee.

Scoles, six months removed from two knee surgeries to correct a patella tendon that was peeling off her bone, was forced to withdraw from competition.

Seidel revealed Thursday on Instagram that she hurt her knee about a month ago and an MRI showed she had a fractured patella and partially torn patellar tendon.

There is no known timetable on Oladipo’s return from a patella tendon tear suffered in last season’s playoffs with Miami.

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