Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tough, elastic, fibrous connective tissue that is a major constituent of the embryonic and young vertebrate skeleton and in most species is converted largely to bone with maturation. It is found in various parts of the human body, such as the joints, outer ear, and larynx.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A non-vascular animal tissue belonging to the connective-tissue group; gristle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
- noun cartilage that lines the joints.
- noun (Anat.) any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.
- noun cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See
Illust. ofThorax .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A type of dense, non-
vascular connectivetissue , usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At the summit of the cricoid cartilage, on each side, is a small piece of triangular shape, called the _arytenoid cartilage_.
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Reconstructing the airway (larynx and trachea) using a portion of cartilage from the rib, ear or larynx.
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But cartilage is notoriously hard to get healed, Cheng points out.
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Boil with dish soap or borax until all the meat, cartilage is gone.
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Boil with dish soap or borax until all the meat, cartilage is gone.
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Reconstructive surgical procedure in which a flap of tissue or cartilage is attached to tissues in the back of the airway.
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Two of the tentacles are atrophying and inside the other two, a kind of stiff cartilage is growing.
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Two of the tentacles are atrophying and inside the other two, a kind of stiff cartilage is growing.
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Two of the tentacles are atrophying and inside the other two, a kind of stiff cartilage is growing.
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Over the past decade, our research has shown us that there are only two types of cells that do not allow the growth of blood vessels-those that are found within cartilage and the retina of the eye.
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