Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crescent-shaped body.
- noun A concavo-convex lens.
- noun The curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a container that is concave if the liquid wets the container walls and convex if it does not.
- noun A cartilage disk that acts as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet in a joint.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crescent or crescentshaped body. Specifically
- noun A lens, convex on one side and concave on the other, and thicker in the center, so that its section presents the appearance of the moon in its first quarter.
- noun The convex or concave surface of a liquid, caused by capillarity: thus, the mercury in a barometer has a convex meniscus, but spirit or water a concave meniscus.
- noun In anatomy, an interarticular fibrocartilage, of a rounded, oval, disklike, or falcate shape, situated between the ends of bones, in the interior of joints, attached by the margins.
- noun In zoology, a peculiar organ, of doubtful function, found in Echinorhynchus, a genus of acanthocephalous parasitic worms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A crescent.
- noun (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
- noun (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.
- noun See
Lens .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
- noun (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
- noun (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There are many, many other reasons for pain in knee, but the meniscus is the structure we focus on and see.
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He had a torn meniscus, which is the same thing, it's a torn muscle.
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A well-known consequence of this difference is that in a narrow tube the surface of the liquid - the so-called meniscus - stands higher at the circumference than at the centre in the case of water; with quicksilver it is just the reverse.
Man or Matter Ernst Lehrs
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Having more precise information about wear and tear on this portion of the knee - a blend of fibrous tissue and cartilage called the meniscus - could lead to its use as a biomarker in predicting who is at risk for developing osteoarthritis, researchers say.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Having more precise information about wear and tear on this portion of the knee - a blend of fibrous tissue and cartilage called the meniscus - could lead to its use as a biomarker in predicting who is at risk for developing osteoarthritis, researchers say.
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Having more precise information about wear and tear on this portion of the knee - a blend of fibrous tissue and cartilage called the meniscus - could lead to its use as a biomarker in predicting who is at risk for developing osteoarthritis, researchers say.
ACM TechNews 2010
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Having more precise information about wear and tear on this portion of the knee - a blend of fibrous tissue and cartilage called the meniscus - could lead to its use as a biomarker in predicting who is at risk for developing osteoarthritis, researchers say.
ACM TechNews 2010
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Torn miniscus: The meniscus is a curved piece of cartilage in your knee, which can be torn if the knee suffers a trauma.
Blisstree 2009
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The meniscus is a gel-filled pad that sits between the bones and protects the joint when we run or jump.
Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2009
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The meniscus is a gel-filled pad that sits between the bones and protects the joint when we run or jump.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2009
chained_bear commented on the word meniscus
"'Let us wait for the rain: have you looked at the glass?'
'I have not.'
'It began dropping in the first dog watch. It has already reached twenty-nine inches and it is still falling: look at the meniscus.'"
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 104
March 14, 2008
artbizness commented on the word meniscus
I only find myself using this word when I'm filling up baby-bottles with water and Aptamil.
September 20, 2008