CartilageWordNet Explorer

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noun

tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults

Words in this synset: gristle
noun

the tissue in the bodies of animals

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body structure given shape by cartilage

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a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling

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(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint

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cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue

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translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton

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either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached

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