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(Pl. Fabellae)

A small accessory bone that is present in the knee joints of roughly 1/3 of individuals. Its exact function or purpose, if indeed it has one, is not known, although the fabella has been associated with a number of knee-related problems.

The bone is so called because, as its Latin-derived name might suggest, it resembles a little bean.
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Recent anatomic studies suggest that the prevalence of fabellae is highest in Asian and Australian populations, and lowest in North American ones

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Much as Michael revelled in people's deep-seated disgust for him and always went to lengths to make himself as filthy, grotesque, and loathsome for others as possible, his signature limp and twitchiness- when he wasn't massively exaggerating these things- stemmed mostly from a fabella in his right knee that interfered constantly with various nerves in his leg
Fabella by Charlemagne1993 December 18, 2019
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Fayeplanting

Synonym for 'faceplanting', often seen as a typo occuring in sentences written by people who are friends with someone called Faye.
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Poster Fabella

The act of thinking of how your current action will tell a good story in the future.
I had some crazy Poster Fabella when jumping out of the plane.
Is a small bone located at the back of your knee and only ruthly 10-30% of people have a fabella, fabella can break up muscle of which you would need an oparation to take out the bone.
Person 1: Hey iv just been to the hospital

Person 2: oh, how did it go?

Person 1: it turns out i have a fabella
Fabella by Noobymcnoob July 10, 2015
I Want to be neenja I want to be neenja tomato town monke town
Fayela I slept with your mom
Fayela by sussymonke December 12, 2021
She is a great friend. She often time cares too much about little things in life that doesn't really matter leading her to overthink every little thing. But no matter what she's going through she will never tell you she will always put a smile on her face just to make others happy. She physically needs everyone to like her, I physically need everyone to like me
Hi my name is Farella
farella by Miss.randomz November 23, 2023
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