CartilageWordNet Explorer
Explore synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, and semantic relationships for “cartilage” powered by Princeton WordNet.
tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
the tissue in the bodies of animals
body structure given shape by cartilage
a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue
translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton
either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached