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The condition of being wide open. Condition of having a wide, open lumen. Having a significant opening or expansion, a blood vessel that has been dilated or reopened is described as patent.  

A surgical operation to remove the kneecap.  

A tendon just below the kneecap.  

The jerk made as a reflex action by the knee, when the legs are crossed and the patellar tendon is tapped sharply. Deep tendon reflex in which tapping the tendon below the patella causes a contraction of the quadriceps muscle of the thigh and extension (kicking) of the lower leg; used diagnostically to test nerve…

Referring to the kneecap.  

To hit someone or something lightly and gently with the palm of the hand or some other flat surface.  

A sweet jelly with medication in it, which can be sucked to relieve a sore throat. A small paper disc covered with barium platinocyanide, which changes colour when exposed to radiation. A medicinal preparation containing gelatin and glycerin, usually coated with sugar, that is dissolved in the mouth so that the medication is applied to…

Records of earlier illnesses.  

To kill bacteria in food by heating it.  

The process of heating food or food products to destroy bacteria [After Louis Pasteur (1822-95), French chemist and bacteriologist].