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fa·bel·la | \ fə-ˈbel-ə 
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\ plural fabellae\ -ˈbel-ˌē \
\Medical Definition of fabella
: a small fibrocartilage ossified in many animals and sometimes in humans in the tendon of the gastrocnemius muscle, behind one or both of the femoral condyles
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