SINCE 1828
fabella
noun
fa·bel·la
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plural fabellae\ -ˈbel-ˌē
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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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