| housemaid | A female servant employed to do housework, especially. To take care of the rooms. <medicine> Housemaid's knee, a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| housemaid's knee | An adventitious occupational bursitis occurring over the tibial tuberosity, the area of contact when kneeling; not to be confused with infrapatellar bursitis. Synonym: prepatellar bursitis. (05 Mar 2000) |