Prepatellar bursitis (also referred to as patellar bursitis) is a painful condition affecting the front of the kneecap (patella). The prepatellar bursa is usually very thin and serves as a cushion between the patella and your skin, protecting your kneecap and the soft tissue that holds it is place.repatellar Bursitis. Bursitis in the knee is a very painful condition in which a bursa sac becomes irritated and inflamed, affecting the bursa and the soft tissue around it. A bursa is a sac of synovial fluid, rich in protein and collagen.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  sylvan(Noun) One that resides in the woods. 2  sylvan(Adjective) pertaining to the forest, or woodlands. 3  sylvan(Adjective) residing in a forest or wood.  sylvan(Adjective) wooded, or covered in forest.
sylâ¢laâ¢ble. 1. an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a center of relatively great sonority with or without one or more accompanying sounds of relatively less sonority: âDog,â âeye,â âstrength,â and âsixthsâ are English words of one syllable; âdoghouseâ has two syllables.yllable. a word or part of a word usually containing a vowel sound. `Cheese' has one syllable, `but-ter' two and `mar-ga-rine' three.