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.
of the woods, 1570s; earlier as a noun (1560s), deity of the woods, from Middle French sylvain, from Latin silvanus pertaining to wood or forest (originally only in silvanae goddesses of the woods), from silva wood, forest, grove, of unknown origin.