cartilage
A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found…A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
» The cartilage has slipped out here.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
Knorpel
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(countable)A particular structure made of cartilage.
- tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
Examples
8 sentencesThe cartilage has slipped out here.
The outer part of the ear is made of cartilage.
ruУшная раковина состоит из хряща.
The meniscus is not a bone. It is a cartilage, a flexible, elastic tissue.
Меніск — це не кістка. Це хрящ; гнучка, еластична тканина.
This cartilage is very chewy.
Disk herniation is when cartilage, called 'intervertebral disk' and found between each vertebra, slips out.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French cartilage, from Latin cartilāgō. Partially displaced native gristle,Borrowed from French cartilage, from Latin cartilāgō. Partially displaced native gristle, from Old English gristel.
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Forms
plural: cartilages| Singular | cartilage |
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Synonyms
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