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fa·bel·la
n, pl fa*bel*lae : 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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Similar sounding terms: fib·u·la vi·a·ble
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