jumper's knee
jumper's knee (patellar tendinitis) (jump-erz) n. a form of tendinitis that occurs in athletes and dancers. Repeated sudden contracture of the quadriceps muscle at take-off causes inflammation of the attachment of the patellar tendon to the lower end of the patella.
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